PROBLEM STRUCTURING IN PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS …

1 PROBLEM STRUCTURING IN PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS William N. Dunn Graduate School of PUBLIC and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh INTRODUCTION The primary focus of this article is PROBLEM STRUCTURING in PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS . PROBLEM STRUCTURING refers to the use of systematic procedures for STRUCTURING as well as solving problems that are ill-defined, ill-structured, or wicked. In this article, these procedures are presented as part of a suite of PROBLEM solving methods used in PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS . Drawn from multiple disciplines, methods of POLICY ANALYSIS are designed to assist policymakers in making better decisions. This article focuses on methods of POLICY ANALYSIS designed to structure POLICY problems--hence, methods of PROBLEM STRUCTURING .

In public policy, the indeterminacy of problem situations is characterized by Rein ... interacting with problem situations. “Problems are elements of problem situations that have been abstracted from these situations through analysis” (Ackoff 1974: 21). Problems are not

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