Policy Analysis and Decisionmaking,

Abstract

One of the key issues that arises in the relationship between policy analysis and 'high-level decisionmaking' is communication: how to communicate the results of policy research in a form or forms that will be understandable and useful to various audiences: technical audiences; high-level, usually less technical, audiences (often, there's an inverse relationship between 'level' and technical proficiency); the larger public audiences; etc. One important device for doing so is the research 'briefing': a summary digest of central points, generally accompanied by a set of briefing charts, outlining these points. The author's comments will touch on the following subjects: (1) Policy Research Institutions (PRI) and Decisionmaking; (2) PRI as Generators of Social and Scientific Technology; (3) Academic versus Policy Research; (4) PRI: Inside or Outside Government?; (5) Setting the Agenda for Policy Research; (6) Management of PRI; (7) Analysis versus Advocacy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA095431

Entities

People

  • Charles Wolf, Jr

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Corporations
  • Economics
  • Efficiency
  • Energy Conservation
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Policy
  • Side Effects
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Synthetic Fuels
  • United States

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