@article{1447673,
      recid = {1447673},
      author = {Bromell, David},
      title = {The art and craft of policy advising : a practical guide  /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book offers a practical guide for policy advisors and  their managers, grounded in the authors extensive  experience as a senior policy practitioner in New Zealands  Westminster-style system of government. A key message is  that effective policy advising is less about cycles, stages  and steps, and more about relationships, integrity and  communication. Policy making is incremental social problem  solving. Policy advising is mostly learned on the job, like  an apprenticeship. It starts with careful listening,  knowing ones place in the constitutional scheme of things,  winning the confidence of decision makers, skillfully  communicating what they need to hear and not only what they  want to hear, and learning to lead from behind, scheme  virtuously and play nicely with others. The author  introduces a public value approach to policy advising that  uses collective thinking to address complex policy  problems, evidence-informed policy analysis that also  factors in emotions and values, and the practice of  "gifting and gaining" rather than "trade-offs" in the  long-term public interest. Theory is illustrated by  personal anecdote and each chapter offers practical  processes, tools, techniques and questions for reflection,  to help readers master the art and craft of policy  advising. This second edition has been substantially  revised and updated. It provides an expanded, step-by-step  approach to stakeholder analysis and prioritisation in  relation to an agencys own strategic frame; it aligns and  integrates theory about the public interest, public value  and anticipatory governance; and it updates a "fair go"  multi-criteria decision analysis matrix with the latest  iteration of the N.Z. Treasurys Living Standards  Framework.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1447673},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99562-1},
}