PAP 3350 Study Guide - The Communist Manifesto, International Financial Institutions, Stakeholder Analysis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3350
• Professor: Joshua Zaato

Document Summary

Lecture 1 (sept 11th): introduction to public policy and public policy making. Understand the importance, nature, and limits of public policies, the success criteria and factors. Identify the numerous stakeholders, processes, and methods that lead to the formulation of better public policies: what do they bring to the table. Learn, know, and master the instruments, tools, and methodological approaches used for the designing evidence based policy making. Improve our ability to evaluate public policy performance and the master the latest and numerous assessment and evaluation methods. A public policy is a complex phenomenon consisting of numerous decisions made by numerous individuals and organizations in government. When we talk about public policy therefore, we fundamentally mean the actions and in-actions of government. Public policies therefore involve a choice made by government: must decide whether or not to do something. This choice is usually made by individuals staffing the various government ministries, departments, and agencies.