Assignment Brief:
"HOW GOVERNMENT POLICIES ARE CREATED"
Scenario
You have worked well within the Southern District Council's education authority and have decided to become a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The main functions of the Legislative Council are to enact, amend or repeal laws; examine and approve budgets, taxation and public expenditure; and raise questions on the work of the government. Once elected, you have been appointed to a committee that will drive policy development. Your first task is to participate in the development and legislative process for a new policy.
To achieve P6, you must demonstrate how government policies are developed. This will be achieved through the production of a podcast that will be broadcast on the school VLE and via this website outlining the development process of government policies. You will formulate and research a policy, through the use of focus groups and questionnaires. The class will then debate each policy and vote on it democratically. You will then make notes about each process and use that information to make clear and effective contributions to an observed discussion with a small group of your peers. In this way both the observation comments and the prepared notes can contribute to your assessment. The explanation must include reference to the general development processes such as the use of committees and the legal processes if the policy is to be implemented.
To achieve M4, you will be expected to analyse the development process, building on the notes prepared for activity P6. Using all the evidence gathered for P4, P5 and P6 and M3 and M4 you must evaluate the impact on the public services and the communities of the government policies already described including your comments and views.
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"HOW GOVERNMENT POLICIES ARE CREATED"
Scenario
You have worked well within the Southern District Council's education authority and have decided to become a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The main functions of the Legislative Council are to enact, amend or repeal laws; examine and approve budgets, taxation and public expenditure; and raise questions on the work of the government. Once elected, you have been appointed to a committee that will drive policy development. Your first task is to participate in the development and legislative process for a new policy.
To achieve P6, you must demonstrate how government policies are developed. This will be achieved through the production of a podcast that will be broadcast on the school VLE and via this website outlining the development process of government policies. You will formulate and research a policy, through the use of focus groups and questionnaires. The class will then debate each policy and vote on it democratically. You will then make notes about each process and use that information to make clear and effective contributions to an observed discussion with a small group of your peers. In this way both the observation comments and the prepared notes can contribute to your assessment. The explanation must include reference to the general development processes such as the use of committees and the legal processes if the policy is to be implemented.
To achieve M4, you will be expected to analyse the development process, building on the notes prepared for activity P6. Using all the evidence gathered for P4, P5 and P6 and M3 and M4 you must evaluate the impact on the public services and the communities of the government policies already described including your comments and views.
ISSUE DATE:
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
RESUBMISSION & RETAKE DATE: + 10 Days (after date of marking) =