Public Policy & Strategy Design – The Nitty-Gritty of Influencing Government Policy Decisions
Program description & objectives
This highly interactive program is aimed at developing participants’ ability to think strategically, analyze the competitive environment, and recommend firm positioning and value creation. In this course, we will explore the underlying theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful business strategy and provide the tools participants need to understand that strategy: SWOT, Competitor, Environmental, Porter’s Five Forces, and Capability Analysis. In addition, our experienced facilitators would discuss other topics that include (but not limited to) Strategy Maps.
Social Welfare Policies and Services – Crafting & Implementing Impactful & Life-Changing Initiatives
Program description & objectives
A multi-dimensional course, delegates to this program would learn about the history of social welfare policies, services, and the social works profession. Delegates would further explore current social welfare issues in the context of their history and the underlying rationale and values that support different approaches. Throughout the sessions, emphasis would be placed on major fields of social work service such as income maintenance, health care, mental health, child welfare, rehabilitations & corrections, and elderly services.
Practical & Demonstrated Monetary Policies – Lesson from the Asia Pacific
Program description & objectives
The Asia-Pacific region contains some of world’s most dynamic economies. Economies around the globe rely on credible monetary policy implemented by central banking institutions. Monetary policy governs the liquidity available to the payment systems that underlie trade and finance. Smooth adjustment of liquidity can minimize instability in money and foreign exchange markets and keep inflation and growth on a secure footing. The industrial giants of China, Japan, and Korea; the Southeast Asian emerging markets of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand; and the international entrepots at Hong Kong and Singapore each face unique challenges in implementing liquidity policy. This advanced course will build a foundation for understanding liquidity policy implementation in the Asia-Pacific using standard economic models. The course will discuss the effects of high level discussion of a key element of national level public policy, monetary policy. Modern monetary policy connects macroeconomic conditions and key financial market indicators. It will also analyze the way that central bank goals for macroeconomic stability will determine outcomes in interest rates and exchange rates. The rigorous theoretical foundation should also build analytical skills that might be applied to policy and market analysis in a broad range of economies and even in the Asia-Pacific region as policy-making evolves in the future.
Public Policy Challenges of the 21st Century – Strategizing to Conquer
Program description & objectives
This course introduces class participants to the political significance and societal consequences of challenges facing U.S. and international policymakers. It is designed to help participants develop skills to analyze policy proposals and advocate for their preferred options for issues on the public policy agenda ahead. The class assumes basic knowledge about governing institutions and democratic processes, while recommending supplemental materials for further study to complement reading links provided. The course focuses on future policy challenges, while examining the broad historical context in which policies are adopted and implemented. As the course evaluates how private sector interests, non-governmental organizations, and government policymakers advance issues, it, in addition, examines how groups become effective policy advocates.
Principles & Foundations of Development Policy
Program description & objectives
This course is part of the new program on Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP). The program involves using economic theory and data analysis to explore the economic lives of the poor and the ways to design and implement effective development policy. In this course, we will study the different facets of human development in topics such as education, health, gender, the family, land relations, risks, informal and formal norms, public policy, and institutions.