ITS832 Cumberlands Skills & Competencies of Public Policy Manager Paper For this week’s assignment you are going to visit some job websites and look for jo

ITS832 Cumberlands Skills & Competencies of Public Policy Manager Paper For this week’s assignment you are going to visit some job websites and look for jobs. Please search for:

Public policy manager
Public policy analyst

There are going to be a variety of different jobs that come up when you do the search. You can use jobs with different names, but they should have the words “Public” and “Manager or Analyst” in the job title. Please find at least five jobs on some of the job sites that are out there like Indeed. Please look at the entire job listing, but focus on the education and experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.

In a two page APA formatted paper, please describe what you have found. Please make sure that the following points/questions are addressed in your paper.

Are the skills and competencies that were described in the article match up with what the job listings description?
What matches between what is mentioned in the article and what does not?
Overall thoughts ITS 832
Chapter 2
Educating Public Managers and Policy
Analysts in an Era of Informatics
Information Technology in a Global Economy
Introduction
• Educating Policy Managers and Policy Analysts
• Two practitioner types
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Policy informatics-savvy public manager
Policy information analyst
• Needs addressed by two graduate programs
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Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Master of Public Policy (MPP)
• Chapter focus
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Role of policy informatics in preparing practitioners
Practitioner Orientations to Policy
Informatics
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Two “ideal” types
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Policy informatics-savvy public managers
Policy informatics analyst
Manager
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Play important roles in implementation
Instrumental in using policy informatics projects
Analyst
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Execute policy informatics initiatives
Other common role names
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Analyst
Researcher
Modeler
Programmer
Policy Informatics-savvy Manager
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May not need to
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Build models
Analyze big data
Must be able to
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Lead personnel who build models and manage big data
Necessary competencies
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Systems thinker
Process orientations to public policy
Research methodologies
Performance/Financial management
Collaborative/communicative
Social media, IT, and e-Governance awareness
Policy Informatics Analyst
• Start with basic competencies of managers
• Additional necessary competencies
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Advanced research methods of IT applications
Data visualization and design
Programming skills
Modeling skills
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Perhaps one of the most important
Summary
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Two types of practitioners
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Leadership
Interacting with actors
Analysts
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Analysts
Managers
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Managers
Technical skills
Responsible for executing requirements
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Distinct programs to address each role

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