"Without choice there are no mistakes; without mistakes there is no learning, and without learning there is no development." - R. L. Ackoff
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TEACHING
Policy Analysis & Evaluation Seminar
This seminar in public policy analysis and evaluation has a single objective: to develop a critical thinking of theoretical frameworks developed to analyze several dimensions of public policy. This class will focus on theories and perspectives across specific policy areas since our objective is to get used to analytical lenses not a specific policy area. This class requires the ability to analyze critically a body of literature as a prerequisite for advancing that literature.
Syllabus:
Fall 2014
Complexity in Public Policy & Management
The objective of this seminar is to examine complexity in public enterprises.
The course will cover the key properties of complexity sciences,
especially those that provide insights for public policy and management.
Students will have an opportunity to develop alternative perspectives
that are necessary to define and critically analyze complex problems right now.
Syllabus:
Spring 2015
Public Policy Capstone
The purpose of this course is to be the culminating experience for students enrolled in the Master of Public Policy program at Arizona State University. The expectation is that students will prepare a detailed, sophisticated policy analysis for a public sector or nonprofit client on a contemporary public policy problem. The intention is that this will be "live" work, not merely a classroom exercise but something that could be published as a piece of applied research and/or used by a real decision maker in choosing among courses of action or evaluating current programs.
Syllabus:
Fall 2014
Program Evaluation
The course involves students in consulting teams, conducting evaluation research for actual non-profit and government agency clients. The combination of real-world experience with course readings, lectures and discussions aims to educate course participants in both the theoretical and practical realms of program evaluation. Throughout the course, just as I will share from my own experience as an evaluator of welfare and public health policies and programs, I encourage students to relate the general material to their own experience and specific policy interests.
Syllabus:
Spring 2013
Public Policy Analysis
This course is designed to help you develop the skills required to define and critically analyze
policy issues and problems, articulate relevant decision making criteria for policy analysis, and
evaluate alternative policy options. You are expected to learn: (1) what frameworks are available
for policy analysis, (2) how a particular framework is relevant in a given context, and (3) the
strengths and weaknesses of each framework. These frameworks, skills, and techniques will be
applied to a wide range of substantive public policy issues.
Syllabus: Spring 2011
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