Discussion 1
“Monitoring Observed Policy Outcomes” Please respond to the following:
- Discuss the relationship between ill-structured problems and approaches to monitoring.
- Then, describe a real public policy problem and recommend at least one effective way to monitor the policy outcomes. Support your position.
Discussion 2
“Monitoring through Experimentation” Please respond to the following:
- Assume you are the program chair of an employment program for students who did not graduate high school but earned a GED (Government Equivalency Degree). You have limited resources and want to determine the factors that ensure students succeed in their jobs. Explain to the program director how the “tiebreaking” experiment might allow the program to uncover that information.
References
Dunn, W. N. (11/2011). Public Policy Analysis, 5th Edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved from http://strayer.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781323081051/
530- Discussion 3
- Refer to Chapter 8, which points out that the New Era of public employee unions has nothing to do with who controls federal policy making in Washington, D.C. The chapter focuses on the issues that public employees face daily as a result of agency mandates, policies, and procedures that can, at any time, have an adverse impact on job performance as well as fiscal constraints and budgetary resources. Assume your agency wants to discourage union involvement. Recommend at least two strategies your agency could implement to encourage and discourage its employees from seeking union representation.
Discussion 3
Privatized Prisons and Unions” Please respond to the following:
- Debate It. Take a position for or against privatization of prisons.
References
Mark, H. (2014). Trade Unions and Democracy: Strategies and Perspectives. Manchester University Press: Manchester.
Riccucci, N.M. (2012). Public personnel management: current concerns, future challenges. (5th
ed). London and New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
