Design Thinking in Policymaking Processes: Opportunities and Challenges

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 391-402

  Mintrom, Michael ^a   Luetjens, Joannah ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australia and New Zealand School of Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

design thinking; policy analysis; policymaking; problem definition; stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986004290     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.12211     Document Type: Article

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