Postgraduate - UnitMGX9230 - Public policy

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2013 (On-campus block of classes) Caulfield First semester 2013 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Deirdre O'Neill

Synopsis

This unit assists students to understand how the public policy process operates and the role of stakeholders in policy development. Public policy process theory is discussed in the light of specific cases, and related to a broad range of practitioner experience. Case studies in Australian public policy will be analysed within this course.

Outcomes

Our students will be able to:

define a range of models and theories that help explain how public policy is made
analyse the role of government institutions and processes in policy making
analyse how governments engage with stakeholders in public policy processes.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Deirdre O'Neill

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in one of the following courses: 0105, 0319, 2099, 2778, 1065, 3801, 1506, 2643, 2642, 0200, 0201, 0028 or 1822 or seek Chief Examiner's approval before undertaking this unit.