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Individual Assignment
Consider a recent policy formulated in your Ministry,
Department, Agency or Administration and carryout
the following tasks:
Describe the process used in formulating the policy –
(2 pages)
Describe the problem that the policy is intended to
solve (1 page)
Describe the stakeholders that are affected by this
policy and the nature of the impact or effect on each
of them - (2 pages)
Is the policy working well? - (1 page)
Propose a method for conducting further studies in
order to make policy changes - (4 pages) 6
Definitions and conceptual
framework of public policy
What is Public Policy?
Analysis –
– Explanation rather than prescription
– Scientific search for cause and
consequence
– Accumulating reliable research
findings of general interest.
Conceptual Framework-What is
Included in Public Management Policy
Procurement
What Public Management Policies are
Not
Broad Political Reform
Political Decentralization
Executive Leadership
Program Designs
Reform Themes
Major categories of public policy
Types of public policies
It includes :
Qualitative methods
Quantitative methods
Case studies
Survey research
Statistical analysis
Model building
One common methodology to define the problem
and evaluation criteria ; identify all alternatives ;
evaluate them ; and come out with best policy
The limits to public policy
studies
Limits on governments powers
Disagreements over the problems
Analysis itself is a subjective process
Limitations on the design of research
Complexity of Human Behaviours
Difficult skill to acquire
An applied sub field of economics, politics, law,
public administration, sociology etc.
No one model of choice for analysts to
test/use that will give the best results.
Thank You
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