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Assignment 2: Stakeholder Analysis

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

(Note: Refer to Review Question 8 located at the end of Chapter 3 for criteria 1-3. Select two (2) editorials / essays / columns (by staff or freelance writers) on a current issue of public policy from two (2) different publications (large metropolitan or national newspaper such as Washington Post or the New York Times or national magazines such as Newsweek, Time, and The New Republic.)

Apply the procedures for argumentation analysis (located in Chapter 8) to display contending
positions and underlying assumptions for the content of Review Question 8.

Rate the assumptions and plot them according to their plausibility and importance. (Refer to Figure 3.16, “Distribution of warrant by plausibility and importance.”)
Determine which arguments are the most plausible. Provide a rationale for your views.
(Note: Refer to Demonstration Exercise 1 located at the end of Chapter 3 for criteria 4-6. Examine Box 3.0 – Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis. Choose one of the following policy issues in the U.S. gun control, illegal drugs, medical insurance fraud, and environmental protection of waterways, job creation, affordable health care, or Medicare.)

Apply the procedures for stakeholder analysis presented in Box 3.0 “Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis” to generate a list of at least five to ten (5-10) stakeholders who affect or are affected by problems in the issue area chosen for analysis. (Note: Refer to page 111 of the textbook for a step-by-step process on stakeholder analysis.)
After creating a cumulative frequency distribution from the list, discuss new ideas generated by each stakeholder. (Note:The ideas may be objectives, alternatives, outcomes cause, etc.; ideas should not be duplicates.)
Write an analysis of the results of the frequency distribution that answers the following questions: (a) Does the line graph flatten out? (b) If so, after how many stakeholders? (c) What conclusions can be drawn about the policy problems in the issue area? (Note:Compare your work with Case Study 3.1 at the end of the chapter.)
Include at least two (2) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook to support your views. Note:Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Do not use open source Websites such as Wikipedia, Sparknotes.com, Ask.com, and similar Websites are not acceptable resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine the nature, characteristics, models, and / or methods pertinent to the structuring of policy problems.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in policy analysis and program evaluation.
Write clearly and concisely about policy analysis and program evaluation using proper writing mechanics.
 

 

Assignment 2- Professor updates and instructions:

 

Assignment 2 Guidance

Week 5 Assignment 2: Stakeholder Analysis is due this week. An example of which can be found on page 111.  Following are some guidelines re- the assignment:2.

- Please be reminded that all ideas that are not common knowledge must be cited and there is a proper way to format in APA style (please visit apastyle.org, Purdue owl, etc). Paraphrase, use block quotations, in-text citations.

- With regards to question 1, for argumentation analysis you can do an argument map supplemented by the modes of Policy Argumentation with Reasoning Patterns.

- For question 4, the stakeholder analysis, you need to do one stakeholder analysis for all the 5 or 10 stakeholders that you listed.

- When rating the assumptions, and plotting them according to their plausibility and importance. please refer to Figure 3.16, “Distribution of warrant by plausibility and importance.”