Assignment Instructions Reframing Part One: Stakeholder Perspectives When working on a policy

Assignment Instructions

Reframing

Part One: Stakeholder Perspectives

When working on a policy problem, you need to engage the stakeholders impacted by the problem within the context of the issue. Assuming you are working on a policy issue related to a county health crisis, the stakeholders impacted by the policy might include county hospital administrators, the general public of the county, suppliers of supplies relevant to the issue, etc. Once you identify the stakeholders, then you need to decide what mix of those stakeholders you wish to engage in order to address your policy outcome and message most effectively.

For this Discussion, you will share with your colleagues your assigned scenario (i.e., decision-maker level and topic), how your group applied its critical thinking to identify the relevant stakeholders and the optimum mix of those stakeholders, and the impact of those determinations on how you might reframe the policy issue. That is, once you know the stakeholders to whom you will speak about your researched topic, how might the approach to defining, engaging, and reframing the issue contribute to making sure you get your message across to the right stakeholder mix?

To prepare:

Familiarize yourself with the Stakeholder Resources listed below. What considerations might be explored to arrive at an “optimum balance” of stakeholders? What framing strategies might you apply to more fully engage stakeholders?

Tosun, J., & Scherer, U. (2020). Attention and water governance: An agenda-setting perspective. Water, 12(8), 2138. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12082138 – Located in Files.

Townsend, B., Schram, A., Baum, F., Labonté, R., & Friel, S. (2020). How does policy framing enable or constrain inclusion of social determinants of health and health equity on trade policy agendas? How does policy framing enable or constrain inclusion of social determinants of health and health equity on trade policy agendas? Critical Public Health, 30(1), 115 –126. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2018.1509059 – Located in Files.

Part One Assignment Directions:

Post your response to the following:

Identify the stakeholders for your upcoming presentation related to your group’s policy issue for the given scenario.

Explain the optimum balance of those stakeholders, and further explain any additional stakeholders you might need to address your group scenario.

Based on your critical examination of the mix of stakeholders engaged and needed, explain how your collaboration group as a whole and individual group members are defining, engaging, and reframing the issue with those stakeholders.

Please Note: The assigned decision maker/topic scenario is:

Community-level decision maker: Civil Unrest / Plastic Pollution. See SDG, Targets, and Indicators file located in files.

Part Two: Stakeholder Information

For this Assignment, you individually consider who the stakeholders are for your assigned group scenario (i.e., decision-maker level and policy topic). As you critically analyze each stakeholder group, you will complete the “Stakeholder Information” spreadsheet, on which you will document their needs, engagement and reframing strategies, and enabling criteria or policies.

To prepare:

Download and review the “Stakeholder Information” spreadsheet located in files, which will be used for this Assignment.

Consider the stakeholder groups, needs, engagement and reframing strategies, and enabling criteria or policies for your group’s scenario.

Part Two Assignment Directions:

On the “Stakeholder Information” spreadsheet, complete and record the stakeholder groups, needs, engagement and reframing strategies, and enabling criteria or policies for your group’s scenario. 

Please Note: The assigned decision maker/topic scenario is:

Community-level decision maker: Civil Unrest / Plastic Pollution. See SDG, Targets, and Indicators file located in files.

Be sure to support your points within the policy memo to strengthen your issue statement with specific references listed to within the preparations of each assignment and/or the internet. Use proper APA format and citations.