Revisiting the Policy Cycle (original) (raw)

This paper has been developed to guide a professional development exercise for the Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Developing Policy in Tertiary Institutions seminar. It focuses on the policy cycle employed by tertiary sector institutions to develop institutional policy. It is timely to revisit this issue in light of emerging requirements of the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) regarding policy development, benchmarking, implementation, evaluation and review. The University of Melbourne Policy Development and Review Cycle is used as an organising construct to explore stages of an elongated, comprehensive policy cycle. This policy cycle includes: identification and confirmation; preliminary consultations; drafting; benchmarking; consultation; revision; compliance checking; endorsement; approval; communication and publication; implementation; implementation and compliance monitoring; implementation evaluation; triennial review. Following the lead of others in examining reasons for policy failure, this paper explores examples of poor policy practice in relation to various policy cycle stages. Revisiting the policy cycle will position policy practitioners and stakeholders to more ably implement institutional policy projects.

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