Description
Unit 1: Strategic Advisory Roles and Public Sector Transformation
Explores the evolution of advisory roles and their impact on public leadership.
Learning Objectives:
– Define the role of strategic advisors in foreign and domestic policy innovation.
– Analyze institutional challenges and opportunities for public sector reform.
Content: Explores the evolution of advisory roles and their impact on public leadership.
Activity: Interview a policy advisor and reflect on lessons learned.
Assessment: Interview summary and reflection rubric.
Unit 2: Policy Innovation Labs and Design Thinking in Government
Trains students in practical innovation frameworks for policy challenges.
Learning Objectives:
– Analyze institutional challenges and opportunities for public sector reform.
– Apply design thinking and agile methods to diplomatic and policy issues.
Content: Trains students in practical innovation frameworks for policy challenges.
Activity: Prototype a service innovation using design methods.
Assessment: Prototype concept note and innovation scorecard.
Unit 3: Systems Thinking and Complexity in Global Policy Challenges
Teaches systems mapping and leverage point identification.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply design thinking and agile methods to diplomatic and policy issues.
– Use strategic foresight tools to shape long-term advisory guidance.
Content: Teaches systems mapping and leverage point identification.
Activity: Map a complex policy system and identify intervention points.
Assessment: Systems map rubric and insight paper.
Unit 4: Foresight and Long-Term Policy Guidance
Introduces scenario generation and vision development for governance.
Learning Objectives:
– Use strategic foresight tools to shape long-term advisory guidance.
– Develop effective briefing notes, memos, and advisory documents.
Content: Introduces scenario generation and vision development for governance.
Activity: Create a foresight briefing with alternative policy futures.
Assessment: Briefing document and peer feedback.
Unit 5: Drafting Strategic Briefs and Leadership Notes
Focuses on concise, strategic, and actionable writing for decision-makers.
Learning Objectives:
– Develop effective briefing notes, memos, and advisory documents.
– Navigate political, bureaucratic, and inter-ministerial dynamics.
Content: Focuses on concise, strategic, and actionable writing for decision-makers.
Activity: Draft a strategic memo for a cabinet-level leader.
Assessment: Strategic memo scoring guide.
Unit 6: Bureaucratic Navigation and Political Acumen
Covers influence-building and policy positioning techniques.
Learning Objectives:
– Navigate political, bureaucratic, and inter-ministerial dynamics.
– Foster collaborative leadership and cross-sector consultation.
Content: Covers influence-building and policy positioning techniques.
Activity: Analyze a bureaucratic case and propose navigation tactics.
Assessment: Bureaucratic case analysis report.
Unit 7: Inter-Ministerial Coordination and Whole-of-Government Strategy
Examines coordination structures and integrative policy implementation.
Learning Objectives:
– Foster collaborative leadership and cross-sector consultation.
– Communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to senior leaders.
Content: Examines coordination structures and integrative policy implementation.
Activity: Build a coordination plan for a cross-ministerial task force.
Assessment: Coordination plan evaluation.
Unit 8: Public Engagement and Stakeholder Consultation
Prepares students to lead inclusive consultation processes.
Learning Objectives:
– Communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to senior leaders.
– Measure and evaluate policy impact and innovation outcomes.
Content: Prepares students to lead inclusive consultation processes.
Activity: Facilitate a stakeholder engagement roundtable.
Assessment: Roundtable facilitation and debrief report.
Unit 9: Simulation: Advising a Head of State on Strategic Priorities
Engages learners in real-time strategic advisory simulation.
Learning Objectives:
– Measure and evaluate policy impact and innovation outcomes.
– Design a policy advisory strategy aligned with national goals.
Content: Engages learners in real-time strategic advisory simulation.
Activity: Lead a mock advisory meeting with a simulated president.
Assessment: Simulation performance rubric.
Unit 10: Capstone: National Policy Innovation and Advisory Plan
Students deliver an actionable innovation and advisory plan.
Learning Objectives:
– Design a policy advisory strategy aligned with national goals.
– Define the role of strategic advisors in foreign and domestic policy innovation.
Content: Students deliver an actionable innovation and advisory plan.
Activity: Present a policy innovation plan to a national policy panel.
Assessment: Capstone submission and innovation panel review.
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