- Identify a specific problem that a public organization must address and analyze it, providing examples of the potential consequences to the community if the problem is left unaddressed.
- Discuss how that problem is tied to the organizational mission.
- Identify various factors that might influence the development and continuation of this problem in the community.
- Identify and evaluate at least three alternatives that might be used to eliminate or minimize this problem in this community, using a cost-benefit analysis. One of the alternatives must be the status quo.
- Evaluate the identified alternatives in terms of the potential staffing, funding, logistical support, and authority the public agency will need to implement each of the identified alternatives.
- Analyze how each of the proposed alternatives will meet the needs of the community, including diverse groups within the community.
- Analyze the importance of conducting the policy analysis in an ethical manner, ensuring that all efforts of the organization are directed at mission attainment.
- Analyze metrics that might be used to determine success for each of the alternatives if it is implemented in the future.at are not considered common knowledge must be supported by a credible source (using both a citation and a reference).