COURSE OUTLINE AND READING LIST - POLI 465: POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION

University of Ghana

Department of Political Science 

First Semester, 2013/2014 Academic Year 

Lecturer: Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah

 

Course Title	Policy Monitoring and Evaluation
Course Code	POLI 465
Purpose and Objectives	The course is intended to introduce students to policy monitoring and evaluation within the context of public policy analysis. Consequently, students will be provided with the core skills in monitoring and evaluation that can be applied in any administrative and project management setting. OBJECTIVES: To provide students with options and different methods of monitoring governmental policies. To understand the philosophy and logic underlying monitoring and evaluation. To appreciate the principles that guides the public policy analysis To be confident in applying appropriate monitoring tools to analyze public policies
Assessment	Students will undertake a group project work. This will constitute 30% of the overall assessment of the course.
Week No.	Date	Lecture Course	Tutorials	Venue	Assessment
1	16th August 2013	Introduction to public policy analysis		Lecture: JBQ 19
2	23rd August 2013	Public policy process		Lecture JBQ19
3	30th August	The philosophy of monitoring of public policy		Lecture JBQ19
4	6th September 2013	Approaches to monitoring of public policy		Lecture JBQ19
5	13thSeptember 2013	The  public policy evaluation- key issues		Lecture JBQ19
6	20th September, 2013	Public policy evaluation -standards and guiding principles		Lecture JBQ19
7	27th September,2013	Public policy Evaluation- the processes		Lecture JBQ19
8	4th October, 2013	Public Policy Evaluation- the politics		Lecture JBQ19
9	11th October, 2013	Relationship between monitoring and evaluation		Lecture JBQ19
10	18th October, 2013	challenges of policy monitoring and evaluation		Lecture JBQ19
11	25th October, 2013	Case Studies		Lecture JBQ19
12	1st November, 2013	Case Studies		Lecture JBQ19
13	8th November, 2013	Revision	Revision	Lecture JBQ19
15 - 16	Exam (70%)

  

KEY Reference Texts: 

Aguinis, Herman (2008) Performance Management. Second Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

UNDP (2003) Measuring and Demonstrating Impact. UNDP/GEF Resource Kit. December.

UNDP (2003) Performance Measurement. Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluating for Results. www.developmentgateway.org/aideffectiveness.

Deshler, D. (1999) Evaluating Extension Programmes, Part 1. FAO Sustainable Development Department.

Hatry, Harry P. (2007) Performance Measurement, Second Edition, by Harry P. Hatry, is available from the Urban Institute Press (342 pages), ISBN 978-0-87766-734-6, $34.50).

HM Treasury, National Audit Office, (2001) Choosing the Right Fabric: A Framework for Performance Information. London, UK.

Hogwood, B.W. and Gunn, L. (1984) Policy Analysis for the Real World. Chp. 12.

Carlson, J., Kohlin, G. and Ekbom, A. (1994) The Political Economy of Evaluation:

International Aid Agencies and the Effectiveness of Aid. Basingstoke and New York:

Macmillan Press and St Martin’s Press. Chps 2 and 8.

Parsons, W. (1995) Public Policy. See Part 4.4 on Evaluation. Pp. 491-541.

Cracknell, B. E. (2000) Evaluating Development Aid: Issues, problems and solutions. Delhi, Thousand Oaks and London: Sage. Chapters 1, 2, 9, 20. Chapter 20 is important as it points us towards “Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation”, and tries to answer the question whether this is the ultimate destination.

Smith, Thomas B. (1989) Analysis of Policy Failure: A Three Dimensional Approach. The Indian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. XXXV, No. 1. Pp. 1-15.

Cabinet Office, Office of the Prime Minister (2001) The Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV) Report.

Davies, Philip (2004) Policy Evaluation in the United Kingdom. Paper presented to the KDI International Policy Evaluation Forum, Seoul, Korea. May 19-21, 2004.

                         

Hogwood, B. and Gunn, L. (1984) Policy Analysis for the Real World. Chp.13

           

Osei, P. D. (2000) Political Liberalisation and the Implementation of Value Added Tax in Ghana. The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 38, No. 2. UK: Cambridge University Press.

           

Osei, P. (2009) Managing Urban Regeneration in Jamaica: The Cluster Implementation Approach and Outcomes. Local Government Studies, Vol. 35, No. 3, 315-334, June.

Julnes, P. de Lancer, Berry, F. S., Aristigueta, Maria P. and Yang, Kaifeng (2007) International Handbook of Practice Performance.

Van de Walle, Steven and Bovaird, Tony (2007) Making Better use of Information to drive Improvement in Local Public Services. A Report for the Audit Commission. INLOGOV, University of Birmingham, UK.

Martin, L. L. and Kettner, P. M. (1996) Measuring the Performance of Human Service Programmes. Thousand Oaks. London. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Jackson, P. M. (1993) Public Service Performance Evaluation: A Strategic Perspective. Public Money & management, Oct-Dec.

Pollitt, C. and Bouckaert, G. (200?) Evaluating Public Management Reforms: An International Perspective. In Evaluating in Public Sector Reform: Concepts and International Practice in International Perspective, Edited by Hellmut Wollmann. Chektenham, UK. Northhampton, MA, USA.