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Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach 
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Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach
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Harvard University 
Overview

Created by Senior Lecturer Michael Walton, examine real-world policy challenges and learn how to analyze, design, and recommend effective policy solutions.

Duration

6 weeks

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

Course Level

UG Certificate

Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach
 at 
Harvard University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion
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Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach
 at 
Harvard University 
Course details

Skills you will learn
What are the course deliverables?
  • Acquire the ability to articulate the values behind policy design decisions
  • Analyze the causes and sub-causes of policy problems and make informed policy recommendations based on analysis
  • Evaluate policy solutions for strategic alignment across technical, political, and organizational dynamics
  • Develop skills to diagram root causes, map theories of change, and analyze stakeholders of policy decisions
  • Develop skills to make policy recommendations
  • This course is part of the Public Leadership Credential at Harvard Kennedy School.
More about this course
  • Whether learners work in government, business, nonprofits, activism, entrepreneurship, or community organization, effective leaders are constantly working on policies that address pressing public problems. In Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach, created by Michael Walton, senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, in concert with a team of the School's learning designers, you can acquire the knowledge to analyze, design, and recommend policies to effect change in your community.
  • Policy is an array of actions designed to create the type of world in which we want to live. In Policy Design and Delivery, leaders from across the world learn to see policymaking as a process of clearly defining a problem and working to understand what policies will help create real change as policies are implemented and scaled. Not all participants need to have a background in policymaking.
  • This course is part of the Public Leadership Credential from Harvard Kennedy School. Courses are designed for professionals with a bachelors degree and a minimum of five years of experience, and a commitment to the public good. Participation in the program requires proficiency in English and 10 to 12 hours per week dedicated to reading, viewing multimedia materials, participating in group learning activities and discussions with peers, and completing interactive assignments.
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Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach
 at 
Harvard University 
Curriculum

Political Sciences, Government, International Relations, Public Policy

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Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach
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Harvard University 
Faculty details

Michael Walton
Designation : Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

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