Process, Politics, and Evaluation of Public and Social Policy ADS720 Fall 2017
Instructor: Dr. David Veres
This course provided candidates with an opportunity to reflect on both public and social policies from economic, social, and political theories and perspectives. Candidates studied current issues such as educational reforms, discrimination in hiring and housing, funding of public and private organizations, labor negotiations, personal health programs, clean environment policies, and insurance concerns. Candidates analyzed several decision-making models used at the international, federal, regional, state, and local levels, paying special attention to the role that politics plays in the development and implementation of policies.
Doctoral Standards
Standard 4: An organizational leader actively seeks to build the capacity of the organization in order to solve local, national, and global problems through education, training, mobilization of human and community resources, and collaboration with external organizations.
Standard 6: An organizational leader seeks to understand, respond to, and influence the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context through the analysis and evaluation of policy standards.
Standard 7: An organizational leader leads complex private and public systems that reflect diversity in an evolving global society.
Course Textbooks
Course Assignments
Leadership and Policy Takeaways
- Policy-making processes are greatly influenced by citizens with common interest organizing to secure common goals.
- Leaders use measurement and data to identify and define policy problems, how big an issue is or show the figures are growing.
- Continuous evaulation and reflection are important component keep policies effective and efficient.
