I HAVE NOT CHOSEN A CONEPT. I WILL LEAVE THIS UP TO THE WRITER.

Purpose
This assignment is intended to help you learn to explain public policymaking concepts and topics.

Overview
Throughout this course, you have collaborated with your professor and your peers to explore the concepts of public policymaking. In this assignment, the emphasis will be to see if you can take these concepts to the next level. Do you know how to apply these concepts as a professional, and could you explain them to a fellow professional or work colleague?

Action Items
Complete your assigned reading for this module and review the readings from previous modules.
Review the following concepts, and choose one topic related to it that you would like to discuss. Reply to the discussion topic, “Selection”, entering only the concept and topic that you selected (e.g., Firstname, Lastname – Concept 1, Topic name). Confirm that your choice of concept/topic has not already been selected by one of your peers before you post your selection. In the event that all topics have been selected, contact your professor for assistance.
Note: the concept you choose will have been covered in your reading assignments, but it may or may not have been covered in other assignments and/or discussions with your professor or peers. Nevertheless, you are responsible for all of the content related to this course; more to the point, you are specifically responsible for your own learning even though it may not be actively assessed. Consider this assignment to be a self-assessment.

Conduct research in addition to the content in your textbook (at least one relevant resource), as appropriate, for your topic.
Concept 1: Policy formulation: Agenda setting and the window of opportunity: choose one topic below and prepare a 400-word discussion that explains one of the facets of policy formulation.
Identifying problems
Potential solutions
Political circumstances
Concept 2: Policy formulation: role of interest groups in agenda setting: choose one topic below and prepare a 400-word discussion that explains one of the facets of policy formulation.
Lobbying
Electioneering
Litigation
Concept 3: Policy formulation: development of legislation: choose one topic below and prepare a 400-word discussion that explains one of the facets of policy formulation.
Drafting legislative proposals
Committees with health policy jurisdiction
Committee and subcommittee operations
Concept 4: Policy implementation: rulemaking: choose one topic below and prepare a 400-word discussion that explains one of the facets of policy implementation.
Key features of rulemaking
Rules of rulemaking
Interest groups’ role in rulemaking
Concept 5: Policy implementation: operation: choose one topic below and prepare a 400-word discussion that explains one of the facets of policy implementation.
Policy objectives
Policy hypothesis
Degree of flexibility
Concept 6: Policy implementation: capability of managers: choose one topic below and prepare a 400-word discussion that explains one of the facets of policy implementation.
Strategizing
Designing
Leading
Concept 7: Policy modification: modification mechanics: choose one topic below and prepare a 400-word discussion that explains one of the facets of policy modification.
Modification during agenda setting
Modification during legislation development
Modification during rulemaking
Modification during operation