Assignment title: Information
Case Scenario Guidelines
Select an actual event from your prior professional experience in which you or the
organization(s) with which you work developed, enacted, implemented, and/or impacted public
policy. If you do not have an example of a professional experience or organization, select one
from the literature (i.e., reputable newspapers, periodicals, websites, etc.) with which you are
familiar enough to complete this Assignment. Think in broad terms about the definition of public
policy. Social change and/or an organization's strategic agenda are acceptable.
Write a case scenario that illustrates how you or your organization developed, enacted,
implemented, and/or impacted public policy.
Organize the case scenario according to the following format:
Background: Provide the background for the case scenario. The background section of the paper
must include but is not limited to the following:
A brief description of the organization(s) involved including the country where the case
originates
A description of the policy issue and how it was addressed
An explanation of the desired outcome or goal
An explanation of the action undertaken to achieve the outcome (i.e., was the organization
attempting to develop, enact, implement, and/or impact public policy or was it a combination of
these activities and what was done?)
A detailed description of the actual policy outcome and an explanation of the factors that may
have impacted it
Variables: Provide a description of the variables that effected the development, enactment, and
implementation of the public policy. Use the following prompts to help structure this section.
Please note, not all prompts will apply to the event you select.
Explain what, if any, basic democratic concepts, principles, and processes were involved.
Explain the network interactions involved, if any, and explain what they were.
Explain the tools of democracy or strategies your organization used.
Describe the leaders and explain their influence on the process.
Explain the ethical concerns and implications surrounded the action.
Explain diversity issues involved, if any, and explain how they were addressed.
Explain whether the action presented a challenge to democratic governance and explain how
those challenges were addressed.
Explain the role of technology in the process.
Relationships: Describe the relationships among the variables you explained in the previous
section. For example, did the actors in the policy network related to the event influence the type
of tools used to implement a policy? Or, did social networking technology used to connect actors
lead to ethical issues surrounding privacy? Be creative and think about all the possible
relationships among the variables.
Insights: Share conclusions, insights, and recommendations that emerged from your experiences
and the development of the case scenario. Include insights you have gained concerning how this
case might have played out differently in a different country or culture as well as how the public
policy might effect social change.
Bibliography: Provide a bibliography of all works you used in the development of this Final
Project.
Please consult your Instructor for approval if the event you selected is not drawn from your prior
professional experience.
The Final Project will be evaluated according to all four indicators in the Application
Assignment and Final Paper Writing Rubric located in the Course Information area. Be sure that
the Final Project is written using APA format.
More information
For your Final Project, you will develop a case scenario. The purpose for developing a case
scenario is for you to demonstrate your understanding of the materials covered in the course and
relate it to professional experiences. Students producing excellent case scenarios may be asked to
submit their work to the Public Administration Genome Project (PAGP). The PAGP is an
attempt to digitally "map" and employ the full set of topics ("genes"), variables, and
interrelationships that comprise all the matters that make up public administration. It is based on
the Human Genome Project—the effort to identify and codify 35,000 or so genes in our DNA.
Few people would deny that the public administration world—like the world in general—is
becoming more and more complicated. Plus, no one could possibly know, much less remember,
the many strategies, external forces, and their interconnected impacts that might apply in a
particular situation. Hence there is a need for a comprehensive, logical, and readily available
system to help capture such topics, variables, and interrelationships. Such a system could provide
a rational and scientific approach to public administration and, as a result, further enhance the
field's impact on public matters such as health, security, and welfare. Contributors submit source
cases in a partially structured, systematic format. The cases then are placed into a wiki database
known as ComPASS (COMprehensive PA Support System). There currently are about 82 cases.
The full set of cases presently includes about 15,000 variables and 15,500 relationships.
You can learn more about the P.A. Genome Project from the following resources:
Dickey, J. W. (n.d.). PA genome project brief [Wiki]. Retrieved May 2, 2014, from
http://pagenome-compass.pbworks.com/w/page/
13632527/PA%20Genome%20Project%20Brief
Dickey, J. W. (2009). The public administration (P.A.) genome project: Capturing,
mapping, and deploying the "genes" of P.A. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Your Final Project must be presented as a 7-10 page (not including references, title page, or
abstract), double-spaced, APA-formatted paper that is submittedS