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    The document summarizes Patton and Sawicki's 6-step model for alternative policy analysis: 1. Define the problem by interpreting relevant data to clarify objectives and critical factors. 2. Evaluate whether the critical factors identified are important for solving the problem. 3. Identify parties involved and resources needed to develop contingency plans. 4. Thoroughly evaluate solutions based on factors like costs and benefits. 5. Implement policies while monitoring for changes requiring modification. 6. The steps can be broken down further and cross-referenced in an iterative process to analyze policies.

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    The document summarizes Patton and Sawicki's 6-step model for alternative policy analysis: 1. Define the problem by interpreting relevant data to clarify objectives and critical factors. 2. Evaluate whether the critical factors identified are important for solving the problem. 3. Identify parties involved and resources needed to develop contingency plans. 4. Thoroughly evaluate solutions based on factors like costs and benefits. 5. Implement policies while monitoring for changes requiring modification. 6. The steps can be broken down further and cross-referenced in an iterative process to analyze policies.

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    The document summarizes Patton and Sawicki's 6-step model for alternative policy analysis: 1. Define the problem by interpreting relevant data to clarify objectives and critical factors. 2. Evaluate whether the critical factors identified are important for solving the problem. 3. Identify parties involved and resources needed to develop contingency plans. 4. Thoroughly evaluate solutions based on factors like costs and benefits. 5. Implement policies while monitoring for changes requiring modification. 6. The steps can be broken down further and cross-referenced in an iterative process to analyze policies.

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    ALTERNATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS MODELS

    Digest on Patton and Sawicki’s Model

    The increasing complexity in society confronts us with more and more


    difficult policy problems that are not easily solved. According to Patton and
    Sawicki, although these problems may be “attacked” or “addressed”, often
    they have no clearly correct answers, a the problems are always not well
    defined, seldom purely technical or political, question on the effectively o the
    offered solution, and the latter is seldom the best and the cheapest nor is it
    always for the public good and can objectively measured. To Patton and
    Sawicki, these are the simple methods of policy analysis and planning:

    For Patton and Sawicki the six methods of policy analysis were
    redefined. The first step involves not only defining the problem but also does
    the interpretation and use of relevant data to properly set-out the objectives
    and eliminate any ambiguity, thereby minimizing conflicting goals, and focus
    on the critical factors as to directly address the issue.

    This set to systematic procedure can be used to attack contemporary


    problems. Those who may question such method may say that different
    problems may be geographic or political, therefore it cannot be made to
    apply, yet these process is an evolution of other models.

    An early assessment is made as to whether the critical factors


    considered were important or unusual and thus determine whether it can

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    C. Patton,et al (2016), Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning, New York, USA
    solve the problem. Gearing towards a more vivid plan and analysis, they
    sought those parties that needed to be involved, as well as their powers and
    thereby make a contingency plan on what resources shall be needed. It is
    often called as the rational model in which the problem definition leads to the
    identification and evaluation of alternative followed by policy implementation.

    To Verify, Define and Detail the Problem dictates that often people do
    consult other people and as a result, are confronted with a number of factors
    of the problem and that the more that we delve in the problem, the more
    aspects we find that needs to be evaluated. To define a problem and look for
    a solution is a backward problem solving.

    Thoroughly the solutions presented are evaluated by different factors


    such as administrative ease, costs and benefits, effectiveness, equity, legality
    and political acceptability. While the same considerations are taken in
    assessing alternative policies but such the alternatives are put in a form other
    than words to show their apparent differences.

    The implementation of the policy should be monitored since a policy


    may still require further modification because of the changing circumstances
    upon which the policy was based.

    The authors have incorporated ideas from a number of overlapping


    descriptions of policy analysis with our own experiences to create the six-step
    previously shown. These are major steps in the process, but each step could
    be broken into smaller components, cross-referencing upon each step, thus:
    In the process, one must also learn to focus quickly on the central
    decision criterion (or criteria) of the problem, think about the types of policy
    actions that can be taken, avoid the toolbox approach to analyzing policy,
    learn to deal with uncertainty, say it with numbers, make the analysis simple
    and transparent, check the facts, learn to advocate the positions of others,
    give the client analysis, not decisions., push the boundaries of analysis
    beyond the "policy envelope”, and be aware that there is no such thing as an
    absolutely correct, rational, and complete analysis.

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