MGMT20150 - Public Policy Design and Implementation

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will assist you to understand the dynamics of the public policy making process and the role of stakeholders in policy development and implementation. The unit expands on the notion of evidence-based policy and equips participants to evaluate the evidence used to craft policy development. You will develop the skills and knowledge required to better understand how policy analysis and implementation contributes to improved policy outcomes and stakeholders engagement. In addition, you will examine how public policy theories and concepts are applied to specific cases in order to understand the different stages of the policy process, including design, implementation and evaluation.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Research Assignment 40%
2. Case Study 60%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 100% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student feedback during Zoom sessions.and workshops..
Feedback
Substantial readings with more cases studies. Fewer readings. Cases from developing/Asian countries
Recommendation
Improve on the structure of the unit, so that the content is less an organic guided set of readings, covering cases from developed and developing countries. Fewer readings were included in the main Moodle site, with more guides to additional reading offered
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Critically examine a range of theories and models that help explain the public policy process and the role of policy analysis within that process
  2. Analyse the role of government institutions and other stakeholders in the process of policy making
  3. Design strategies to address policy issues, including policy design and implementation
  4. Apply relevant theories and models to practical cases of policy design and implementation.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Research Assignment • •
2 - Case Study • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • •
2 - Communication •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Research Assignment • • • •
2 - Case Study • • • •