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ITS 832 CHAPTER 7 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR POLICY MAKING

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

DR. JORDON SHAW

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