QUERY Public Policy Analyses (SD6518)

[SDMAIL Monte Kietpawpan]

Posted by  Monte Kietpawpan <kietpawpan at yahoo.com>

Dear Sir,
   
In an evaluation of public policy, there are four analyses: 
   
public hearing, 
cost-benefit analysis, 
technical feasibility study, and
system dynamic modeling. 
   
>From system dynamics' perspective, which analysis should be 
given a serious consideration first? There are different 
questions assigned for these activities:
   
Public hearing: Would the public want to accept the proposed policy?
Cost-benefit analysis: Is the implementation cost affordable?
Technical analysis: Can the proposed policy be implemented?
SD modeling: Is the proposed policy effective? 
   
Provided that the above questions are equally difficult to answer and 
will require a comparable amount of time, money, and effort to 
get the right answer, which of these questions should be 
addressed first? 
   
Could you explian why SD modeling should be (or should not be) 
conducted prior to passing the other three analyses?
   
M.K.

Monte Kietpawpan 
Faculty of Environmental Management
Prince of Songkla University 
Songkhla, 90112, Thailand
Posted by  Monte Kietpawpan <kietpawpan at yahoo.com>
posting date  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:28:49 -0700 (PDT)