1. As a public sector practitioner at Eskom, outline briefly how you would carry out the best practice in the public participation process

2. List the four internationally recognised levels of public participation.

3. As a public leader in the public sector, imagine that you are required to present the tenets of South African public sector legislature to an audience. Demonstrate knowledge of how you would present at least the four objectives of the Public Participation Framework.

4. Policy application cannot exist in silos, hence the importance of knowledge of the whole framework. List four each of principles and values that underpins public participation.

5. Your organisation undoubtedly has several policies, each one addressing various public needs and organisational needs. Identify three unrelated policies and critically examine the various ways in which the word “policy” can be used

6. Critically assess which application(s) of public policy concern you directly? Justify your response.

7. Explain the importance of public policy in your organisation.

8. Based on the policies you identified in the previous task, critically assess the type and purpose of each policy

9. Critically assess the types of policies that you, in your own capacity, and your organisation, on a larger scale, are involved in preparing. Give examples.

10. Identify the programmes and projects that have been initiated as a result of the policies that you identified in your answer to Question

9. 11. Which of the principles that have emerged from previous exercises and discussions should you apply to the policy preparation process in your organisation?

12. As you observe the working dynamics in your organisation, do you think there is a need to use a consultant? If yes, provide guidelines that you would follow to search for and select a certain type of needed consultant in your department or organisation.

13. Critically examine the relationship between the various triggers that demand policy changes.

14. Explain the key drivers between the various triggers.

15. Reflect on your experience of policy success and failure factors within your organisation, using the given list as a guide.

16. Suggest how you might avoid the failure factors in future.