1. Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 1 Unit Outline General Policy and Law Issues Module 1: Introduction to Policy Module 2: Evolution of Policy Module 4: Psychology  Module 5: Summary

2. Module 5 Summary

3. Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 3 Summary General Policy and Law Issues Policies set a course of action towards an intended goal or goals. The policy cycle usually involves an agenda-setting, formulation, budgeting, implementation, and evaluation. They change constantly due to dynamic environmental factors. Throughout the policy process, it is important to understand underlying human factors or psychological underpinnings which drive behavior during formulation and implementation.

4. Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 4 Champoux, J.E. (2003). Organizational Behavior: Essential Tenets, 2/e. Canada: South-Western Fraser, C., & Burchell, B. (eds.). (2001). Social Psychology and Policy in Introducing Social Psychology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. Jones, C. (1984). An Introduction to the Study of Public Policy. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Maslow, A.H. (1970). Motivation and Personality, 2 nd ed. New York: Harper & Row. Wylie, C.D. (2005). Sleep, Science, and Policy Change. The New England Journal of Medicine, 352(2), 196-197. Suggested Reading General Policy and Law Issues

5. Sanjay Goel, School of Business/Center for Information Forensics and Assurance University at Albany Proprietary Information 5 Acknowledgements Grants and Personnel Support for this work has been provided through the following grants –NSF 0210379 –FIPSE P116B020477 Damira Pon, from the Center of Information Forensics and Assurance contributed extensively by reviewing and editing the material Robert Bangert-Drowns from the School of Education provided extensive review of the material from a pedagogical view.