ITS 832 Week 13: Compliance Issues in Complex Networks Dr. Grimes Objectives By the end of this week, you should be able to: • Explain complex networks • Describe global educational issues • Identify policy evaluation methods What is Policy vs a Procedure? • Policies are a set of general guidelines. • They outline your organization’s plan for tackling certain issues. • Policies communicate an organization’s values, philosophy, and culture. – Include: • What employees can expect from the organization (employee benefits, vacation policy) • What the company expects from employees (code of conduct, confidentiality agreements) • What customers and the community can expect from the organization (customer service policies) What is Policy vs a Procedure? • Policies show the “why” behind an action. • Procedures explain the “how” something will be accomplished. • Procedures contain (minimally): – Who is responsible for each task – What steps need to be taken – Who the responsible party reports to Why Policies and Procedures Matter to Your Organization • • • • They promote consistency They increase compliance They Improve Internal Processes They help with incident response Complexity and Uncertainty • Ongoing process – Recognize issue as problem – Develop alternative course of action – Create or alter policy – Implement policy – Execute policy – Evaluate policy Policy cycle and stakeholders Developments • New technology that affects policy process – – – – – – – – Social media Blogs Open data Freedom of information Wisdom of the crowds Open collaboration Transparency in policy simulation Agent-based simulation and hybrid modeling techniques Combining Disciplines • New field is known by different names – ePolicy-making – Digital policy science – Computational intelligence – Digital science / Data science – Policy informatics • Multidisciplinary – Requires expertise from wide range of disciplines Complexity • System composed of multiple interacting elements – Possible behavioral states can combine in ways that are hard to predict • Many complex systems in the physical world • Adaptive capacity of organisms allow for long-term survival in complex systems – Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Complexity in Policy Making • Common approaches – Instrumental • Choosing between a set of possible policies • Evaluated based on past effectiveness • Requires – Large enough pool of available strategies – Effective assessment if effectiveness – Representational • Series of models • Each is assessed on its ability to predict observed behavior Agent-based Models • Represents individuals as separate models • Agents interact through a network • Distributed nature allows for realistic interactions • SIMSOC – Simulated Society – Modeling projects repository Assignments • Read – Arora, P. (2016). The Bottom of the Data Pyramid: Big Data and the Global South. International Journal of Communication (Online), 1681. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib& db=edsglr&AN=edsgcl.595027004&site=eds-live – Bischof, C., & Wilfinger, D. (2019). Big Data-Enhanced Risk Management. Transactions of FAMENA, 43(2), 73–84. https://doi.org/10.21278/TOF.43206. http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=7&sid=5351a66e6847-4029-8a94-6d963d5c93c6%40pdc-vsessmgr05&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXNoaWImc2l0ZT1lZHMtbGl2ZQ %3d%3d#AN=138020198&db=a9h • Discussion 8 (Week 13): Policy Development – Initial Discussion Post due Thursday – Peer responses (minimum two) due Sunday
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