A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving

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Summary: A treatise on analyzing policies for any business
Review: Eugene Bardach's A Practical Guide For Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path To More Effective Problem Solving is a treatise on analyzing policies for any business. Bardach offers a very carefully written and informative text, enhanced with extensive suggestions, examples, explanations, footnotes, and in-depth problem-solving plans. Intended to help the reader learn the management skills of an executive, A Practical Guide For Policy Analysis concentrates an amazing amount of versatile wisdom into a mere 102 pages. A recommended guide for anyone who must learn to deal with high-stakes or high-stress daily crossroads.

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Summary: a book for analyzing public policy
Review: This is a book about analyzing public policy it has
nothing to do with business policy. While its basic eight s
steps could be used in a business analysis, the book
focuses on public problems and the role of government.

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Summary: This book covers...
Review: This seems like a thoughtful standard text in Policy analysis.

The back of this book says:

"This straightforward, effective guide to doing policy analysis addresses the psychology, as well as the logic, of the analytical process. Full of helpful hints, such as warnings about language traps... this book has been widely used by students, practicing policy officials in government, and professionals in executive level training."

The Contents includes these illustrative sections:

"- Introduction
- Define the Problem
- Assemble Evidence
- Construct Alternatives
- Select Criteria
- Project Outcomes
- Confront Trade-offs
- Decide
Appendix
- Things Goverments Do"