Research: Generic Steps for Developing Simulation Models

ITS 832 Chapter 7

Comparative Analysis of Tools and Technologies for Policy Making

Information Technology in a Global Economy

Professor Michael Solomon

Introduction

• Policy making • Assessment methodology • Tools summary • Conclusion

Policy Making

• Political visions  programs and actions • Purpose is to change the real world

• Multidisciplinary field • ICT offers opportunities to modernize policy making • Goals

• Better understand reality

• Increase stakeholder engagement

• Respond within tighter timeframes

• Provide higher quality deliverables

Assessment Methodology

• Identification • Initial search - targeted

• Expanded search - general

• Select and read scholarly papers

• Follow references from scholarly papers

• Categorization • 11 logical groups

• Comparative analysis • Conceptualization

Tools Categories

• Visualization • Argumentation • eParticipation • Opinion mining • Simulation • Serious games • Tools specifically designed for policy makers • Persuasive • Social network analysis (SNA) • Big data analytics • Semantics and linked data

Summary

• Examined 75 tools grouped into 11 categories • Focus on 3 main areas of policy making

• Main activities

• Stage of the policy cycle

• Stakeholder types

• Appendix • Links to many tools discussed in the paper

• Takeaway • Research methods employed