DPLS 703--Policy Analysis--3 credits
Spring 2002
| Professor: James Beebe
Office: RC 246 Office Phone: (509) 323-3484 Home phone: 456-2571 |
Room RC 130 8:00am-12:00noon |
| Office hours: Call for appointment | email: beebe@gonzaga.edu |
| Course Information Course Description Course Objectives Learning Activities Web Based Syllabus Assessment and Grading Required Texts |
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Sessions and Assignments |
Session 4: Mar 2 Session 5: Mar 9 Session 5A: Mar 9 Session 6: Mar 23 Session 7: Apr 6 |
Continuation of small group work using SSM for analysis of the gender equity issue at Gonzaga University.
Presentations by small groups on their application of soft systems to the issue of gender equity for faculty at Gonzaga University. Preparation of a Rich Picture. How would the small group change the Scope of Work to include Soft Systems Methodology.
Written in-class assignment. Based on what you have been able to learn about Soft Systems Methodology and your own experience, how relevant do you think it is to a policy making/policy evaluating process. Provide a rationale for your response.
Reading assignment: Before Feb 28, Fisher et al. Getting to Yes. Second Edition
Written assignment: Before Feb 28. Assume that the Board of Trustees of the University has announced a new policy that effective next academic year, for every department, each time a male is promoted to or hired at the Associate or the Full Professor level, a female will need to be promoted or hired at that level before another male can be hired or promoted. You are the Department Chairperson. (a) Write a brief memo to the Dean of the College letting him or her know what you think about this policy and what if any difficulties you see in implementing it. (b) Prepare a one page strategy for implementing the policy change. Give specific attention to how you will share this policy with the members of your department. (c) Write an additional paragraph on whether and to what extent the ideas of Fisher et al. are relevant to this strategy. Post by 5:00 pm on Feb 28 to the Discussion Board. (d) READ AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS ON THE STRATEGY PREPARED BY AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES. Post your comments as a response on the Discussion Board before 5:00 PM on Feb 29.
Discussion of Fisher.
Presentation of strategies and class discussions on what is most likely to work and what changes in strategy are most needed. Special attention to the implications of implementation for the formulation of policy.
Introduction to Maintaining and Changing a Web Page
The first version is in MS Word, .rtf format. It is safe to open.
It is a very large file and takes forever to download.
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/doctoral/webmaster.rtf
The second version is in .pdf format. To open the file you must have Adobe
Acrobate on your computer. It is a small file.
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/doctoral/webmaster.pdf
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