Task One: Watch this video lecture.
Task Two: Read Graber’s, “Foundations for Sound Decisions” and Spee and Jarzabkowski’s, “Strategic Planning as a Communicative Process.”
Task Three: Comment on this prompt.
Task Four: Comment on the Policy Options Briefs of two other groups/individuals posted on the class posts page or by following this link. Make use of the following guidelines in your response.
1) Is the case for the seriousness of the problem sufficient? If not, how could it be stronger? 2) Can you think of any options not mentioned by the author(s) that might solve the problem? What are they? 3) Do you have all the information you need to make a decision about which option(s) to choose? What more would it be helpful to know. 4) Which option or options seem best to you? Why?
Task Five: Click on this link to see the presentation schedule and sign up to be on a Response Panel for one Policy Options Presentation listed on the schedule.