JSQ168 Shaping Public Policy
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| Unit code: | JSQ168 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
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Unit Outline: Session 2 2026, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | JSQ168 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Evaluate the role of policy in responsing to integrated political, cultural and social contexts.
- Interpret and articulate diverse perspectives on policy issues.
- Propose and justify evidence-based policy solutions to address complex policy problems.
- Analyse evidence to support viable and reasonable policy issue identification and development.
- Critically reflect on effective processes for negotiating with stakeholders from different agencies to reach concensus on policy issues.
Content
This unit covers the following:
- Quality control and ethical considerations of policy development and the use of technology, including GenAI
- Best practice in policy analysis and technology, including critical analysis of AI generated outputs
- Issue representation and success
- Policy issue background
- Cabinet submissions
- Cabinet submissions - policy coordination and decision making
- Cabinet submissions - implementation
- Cabinet submissions - cost-benefit analysis and risk management
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Online modules
- Online discussions
- Readings
- Online Learning Activities
- GenAI Prompt Engineering and Critical Analysis of AI Generated Output Practice Tasks
During the unit, you will be required to understand, critically reflect, analyse, synthesise and apply the presented concepts to your own practice.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The following types of feedback will assist you to develop the knowledge and skills in this unit:
- Self-feedback in the form of online written reflections
- Peer feedback in the form of group discussion and online collaborative sessions
- Adaptive feedback in the form of online interactive learning activities
- Teacher feedback in the online collaborative sessions, discussion boards, and written feedback on assessment
Assessment
Overview
There are three assessments in this unit:
1. Initial report - this task draws on issue identification and research skills to generate a report with the assistance of GenAI and reflect on the process and usefulness of GenAI as a tool for policy officers.
2. Reflection on negotiation meeting - this task connects approaches to stakeholder negotiation with your participation in and reflection on a negotiation meeting to inform the cabinet submission.
3. Cabinet submission - this task builds on the initial report and negotiation meeting to create a cabinet submission on a policy issue.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Initial Report
You will write a report idenitifying a policy issue and researching the background to the issue. You will use GenAI to assist with developing your report. Reflect on the use of GenAI in this process and how you validated its responses.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Reflection on negotiation meeting
You will take on the role of a policy officer to negotiate with other policy officers from different agencies on the priorities of a cabinet submission, and reflect on the process.
Part A: You will meet as a team of policy officers from different agencies to negotiate the priorities and roles for creating a cabinet submission. You must represent the needs and agenda of your agency. Your meeting will be recorded and included in your submission.
Part B: Following your meeting and the creation of your cabinet sumission, you will individually record a video for your manager reflecting on the process of designing a response and how this impacts your future professional practice.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Cabinet Submission
Working as a team of policy officers from different agencies, you will produce the body of a cabinet submission on a complex policy issue.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no resources that are required to be purchased for this unit. Other resources will be available in the unit's Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.JQ23 Graduate Certificate in Policy and Governance
- Discuss the role of policy development in supporting sustainable institutions and communities.
Relates to: ULO1, Reflection on negotiation meeting, Cabinet Submission - Critically analyse data and evidence to identify policy issues and inform policy development.
Relates to: ULO4, Initial Report, Cabinet Submission - Design and justify real-world solutions to complex policy problems.
Relates to: ULO3, Cabinet Submission - Recognise and collaborate with a plurality of stakeholders and articulate diverse perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO5, Initial Report, Reflection on negotiation meeting, Cabinet Submission
JQ45 Master of Justice
- Critically analyse research, data and evidence and apply to justice practices and contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Initial Report, Cabinet Submission - Design approaches for working with a plurality of diverse stakeholders and communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Relates to: ULO5, Reflection on negotiation meeting - Evaluate complex and sensitive problems of justice to inform evidence-based responses.
Relates to: ULO3, Cabinet Submission - Apply a range of communication modes to professionally and strategically interpret and convey critical information to diverse stakeholders.
Relates to: ULO2, Initial Report, Cabinet Submission - Examine how ethics, intersectionality and contextual factors converge to impact on and shape social justice issues.
Relates to: ULO1, Reflection on negotiation meeting, Cabinet Submission
Unit Outline: Session 4 2026, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | JSQ168 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Evaluate the role of policy in responsing to integrated political, cultural and social contexts.
- Interpret and articulate diverse perspectives on policy issues.
- Propose and justify evidence-based policy solutions to address complex policy problems.
- Analyse evidence to support viable and reasonable policy issue identification and development.
- Critically reflect on effective processes for negotiating with stakeholders from different agencies to reach concensus on policy issues.
Content
This unit covers the following:
- Quality control and ethical considerations of policy development and the use of technology, including GenAI
- Best practice in policy analysis and technology, including critical analysis of AI generated outputs
- Issue representation and success
- Policy issue background
- Cabinet submissions
- Cabinet submissions - policy coordination and decision making
- Cabinet submissions - implementation
- Cabinet submissions - cost-benefit analysis and risk management
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Online modules
- Online discussions
- Readings
- Online Learning Activities
- GenAI Prompt Engineering and Critical Analysis of AI Generated Output Practice Tasks
During the unit, you will be required to understand, critically reflect, analyse, synthesise and apply the presented concepts to your own practice.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The following types of feedback will assist you to develop the knowledge and skills in this unit:
- Self-feedback in the form of online written reflections
- Peer feedback in the form of group discussion and online collaborative sessions
- Adaptive feedback in the form of online interactive learning activities
- Teacher feedback in the online collaborative sessions, discussion boards, and written feedback on assessment
Assessment
Overview
There are three assessments in this unit:
1. Initial report - this task draws on issue identification and research skills to generate a report with the assistance of GenAI and reflect on the process and usefulness of GenAI as a tool for policy officers.
2. Reflection on negotiation meeting - this task connects approaches to stakeholder negotiation with your participation in and reflection on a negotiation meeting to inform the cabinet submission.
3. Cabinet submission - this task builds on the initial report and negotiation meeting to create a cabinet submission on a policy issue.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Initial Report
You will write a report idenitifying a policy issue and researching the background to the issue. You will use GenAI to assist with developing your report. Reflect on the use of GenAI in this process and how you validated its responses.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Reflection on negotiation meeting
You will take on the role of a policy officer to negotiate with other policy officers from different agencies on the priorities of a cabinet submission, and reflect on the process.
Part A: You will meet as a team of policy officers from different agencies to negotiate the priorities and roles for creating a cabinet submission. You must represent the needs and agenda of your agency. Your meeting will be recorded and included in your submission.
Part B: Following your meeting and the creation of your cabinet sumission, you will individually record a video for your manager reflecting on the process of designing a response and how this impacts your future professional practice.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Cabinet Submission
Working as a team of policy officers from different agencies, you will produce the body of a cabinet submission on a complex policy issue.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no resources that are required to be purchased for this unit. Other resources will be available in the unit's Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.JQ23 Graduate Certificate in Policy and Governance
- Discuss the role of policy development in supporting sustainable institutions and communities.
Relates to: ULO1, Reflection on negotiation meeting, Cabinet Submission - Critically analyse data and evidence to identify policy issues and inform policy development.
Relates to: ULO4, Initial Report, Cabinet Submission - Design and justify real-world solutions to complex policy problems.
Relates to: ULO3, Cabinet Submission - Recognise and collaborate with a plurality of stakeholders and articulate diverse perspectives.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO5, Initial Report, Reflection on negotiation meeting, Cabinet Submission
JQ45 Master of Justice
- Critically analyse research, data and evidence and apply to justice practices and contexts.
Relates to: ULO4, Initial Report, Cabinet Submission - Design approaches for working with a plurality of diverse stakeholders and communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Relates to: ULO5, Reflection on negotiation meeting - Evaluate complex and sensitive problems of justice to inform evidence-based responses.
Relates to: ULO3, Cabinet Submission - Apply a range of communication modes to professionally and strategically interpret and convey critical information to diverse stakeholders.
Relates to: ULO2, Initial Report, Cabinet Submission - Examine how ethics, intersectionality and contextual factors converge to impact on and shape social justice issues.
Relates to: ULO1, Reflection on negotiation meeting, Cabinet Submission