Year
2020
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 5-day intensive workshop yearly
Prerequisites
1 Admission into MPAEX-Executive Master of Public Administration
1a Admission into MPAEXFP-Executive Master of Public Administration
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a))
Course context
Reserved for participants of the ANZSOG Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) program.
Topic description
This topic examines the use of evidence to support policy and decision-making in the public sector. The topic assists students to become more critical users of information and evidence and to develop skills in commissioning research and analysis to inform decision-making.
Educational aims
The topic examines the use of evidence to support policy and decision-making in the public sector. The topic assists students to become more critical users of information and evidence and to develop skills in commissioning research and analysis to inform decision-making.
Expected learning outcomes
Students successfully completing this topic will:
  • be able to accurately use, interpret and draw inferences from information gathered as evidence to support decision-making
  • be aware of the strengths, weaknesses and suitability of selected quantitative and qualitative methods for gathering evidence
  • know how to commission information gathering and analysis to support management and policy decision making
  • understand how the policy system and organisational context affects the use of evidence and analysis in public decision-making.