Policy without (much) pain - University of Ballarat

Policy without (much) pain22. What makes a good policy developer?Effective policy development requires an extensive set of skills: project planning and management skills, including organisational, time management andchange management skills research, environmental scanning, analysis, synthesis knowledge of the full range of institutional activities and processes political nous and savoir-faire ability to build networks within and outside the institution facilitation, presentation, training negotiation, persuasion marketing (of the need for the policy, the need for consultation, and eventually of theapproved policy) writing form design.Related to the above skills, a policy developer needs the following personal qualities: patience, determination, resilience flexibility, pragmatism in response to changing circumstances caution, alertness to possible risk diplomacy attention to detail lateral thinking, curiosity initiative and assertiveness.~ 44 ~