Research Report #2 Political & Public Policy Decision Making
Here Is How to Greatly Improve Political & Public Policy Decision
Making
First I call attention to the fact that in the 1800s and in the first
half of the 1900s claims were made that the scientific method or scientific
approach could, if applied to political and public or governmental policy,
effect tremendous benefits for society. These claims are never fulfilled
because of widespread misunderstandings about the scientific method. These
claims also have to be discounted for the human element.
Foreign Policy Decision Making – Evaluation Charts Can Prevent
Wars
At Stage 6 sample evaluation charts are shown. If more extensive ones
had been prepared by our leaders, media, and political and public policy
analysts about going to war in Iraq, a different decision might have been
made.
Great Changes in Decision Research since 1950 Have Improved Our Knowledge
We can easily determine from our knowledge base today:
- Claims that the scientific method doesn’t exist are false.
- That the scientific method is really the complete method of creative problem solving and decision making for all fields, including our personal lives.
- That it is the best model for political and public policy analyses and others.
- That the public today is in general much better educated than prior to 1950.
Decision Making Psychology & Knowledge Is Now Easily Available
Over the years since 1950 there have been many good books published on
problem solving and decision making as regards psychology and knowledge.
Now with the availability of this site, Decisionmaking.org, there is a
good abstraction, summary, and guide suitable for an introductory course
in decision making for schools and individuals.
Leadership Development – Present Leaders at All Levels Need to
Catch Up
Since decision making has been so inadequately taught, there is a great
need for our present political leaders and others to learn more about
it. The 48-page booklet on this site provides a lot of the knowledge they
need to learn. Before important decision, they should use this booklet
as a guide and refresher. The SM-14 guide forms should also be used.
Environmental Decision Making & Analyses
With the event of global warming and climate changes and an interest
in green earth decisions, we are faced with a vast number of problems
and decisions to make. Bickering about what to do will not be productive.
We need decisions researched following SM-14 to save the earth. Please
spread the word about this.
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