DPLS 703--Policy Analysis--3 credits
Summer 2001
| Professor: James Beebe
Office: RC 256 Office Phone: (509) 323-3484 Home phone: 456-2571 |
Room RC 114
6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 7/27 8/2 6:00-10:00 |
| Office hours: Call for appointment | email: beebe@gonzaga.edu |
| Course Description
Course Objectives Learning Activities Web Based Syllabus Assessment and Grading Required Texts |
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Sessions and Assignments Advanced Session 1: June 28 Session 2: July 5 Session 3: July 12 |
Session 4: July 19 Session 5: July 26 Session 6: July 27 Session 7: August 2 |
SESSION 7
Rethinking Policy and the Role of the Leader, Evaluating Policy Strategies
Pot-Luck Meal at my house. (1249 S. Wall St. home phone 456-2571. Best direction, south on Monroe to 14th. Turn left for one block. Turn left on Wall St. Very short block. House is gray with almond trim, hedge and metal gates. Anyone needing transportation, please contact the instructor.)
Written assignment due August 2: This assignment is to be submitted to the instructor in hard copy only. Please do not post to the Discussion Board.
Using the instructor approved policy issue (a) Describe the policy issue with special attention to whether this is a policy issue that can be addressed at the level of the local organization or is an issue that requires policy change outside the local organization. (b) Describe in some detail what analysis is needed and how this should be done. Special attention should be given to the choice of and justification for the selection of an approach to policy analysis. Clearly identify material from the class that you are using. (c) Prepare a scope of work for the analysis activity with specific attention to what questions need to be addressed and how you want the results reported to you. (d) Reflect on the relationship of the role of the leader and the policy issue you have described. From what you know of Leadership Theory and your own experience, what style of leadership would be most relevant to bringing about the policy change that you are considering. This paper should not exceed six, typed pages and should use APA format.
Class Activities: Everyone should be prepared to make a short presentation on their paper. Class discussion based on the these presentations.
Class goal of better defining the relationship of leadership and the policy process. General discussion on the relationship of policy and leadership and the implications of this relationship for the content of the course. Course evaluation.
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