Educational objectives Policy analysis' research object is the definition, implementation and evaluation of programs and activities promoted by public institutions and other actors to face common interest problems and opportunities. It is a branch of political science, but borrows concepts and tools from several other social sciences.
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge, information and tools enabling students to:
- know the conceptual structure of policy analysis;
- learn to use it as a tool for analysis and evaluation of policies;
- design a public policy and follow its implementation.
Dublin Descriptors:
1. Knowledge and understanding: through the lessons, students will gain appropriate knowledge to understand public policies and conceptual tools aimed at their analysis and evaluation.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding: the mix of theoretical topics and analysis of materials and cases will enable students to develop a proper operational ability, so that they will learn to use concepts and theories at the end of gather information on actual public policies.
3. Making judgements: the toolbox for the analysis of public policies will enable students to enhance their attitude to deliver autonomous judgements, also thanks to individual exercises and working groups.
4. Communication: through class discussion of themes and issues dealt with in the lessons, and through individual or group presentations, students will improve their communication abilities.
5. Learning skills: students will be stimulated to refine learning techniques and methods through the interaction with the teacher as well as with researchers, experts, and people engaged in public policies during ad hoc meetings.
In the final evaluation students will have to prove that have proper knowledge and abilities, so that they could produce analysis and contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies, consistent with a professional framework.
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Educational objectives The course aims to offer an overview of the main paradigms and methods of Sociology of Organization and Administration, in order to stimulate critical reflection on the mechanisms of operation and the processes of change taking place in public administrations and contemporary organizations with references to the transformations and crises of modernity. The lessons contribute to acquire a high cultural level and to develop advanced knowledge and skills, suitable to allow students to operate professionally in the context of organizational and administrative contexts.
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