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Work session: How to audit wicked problems. 18.6.2014 The IX EUROSAI Congress. Session Steps: - Opening remarks Mr Marko Männikkö , Assistant Auditor General National Audit Office of Finland Mr Chris J. Mihm , Managing Director International Journal of Government, GAO
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Work session: How to audit wicked problems 18.6.2014 The IX EUROSAI Congress
Session Steps: - Opening remarks MrMarko Männikkö, Assistant Auditor GeneralNational Audit Office of Finland Mr Chris J. Mihm, Managing DirectorInternational Journal of Government, GAO - Two discussion groups (15 min) - to define the topics to the fishbowlAll Participants - Two Fishbowl Conversations (~ 20 min each)All Participants
Thework session addresses the different dimensions needed to successfully approach the wicked problems and interaction between levels How to audit wicked problems? Strategic or policy/governance level Steering /management level Operative /grassroot level
How to auditwickedproblems? What do we mean by wicked problem? Is it even possible to define it precisely? Problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory and changing requirements We are not offering an answer but asking for your experiences and interpretations
How to audit wicked problems? Why is thisrelevant for performanceaudit? • The risk that an audit will fail to add value: risk of neglecting important factors and, as a consequence, not being able to provide users of the audit report with knowledge or recommendations that would make a real contribution to better performance (ISSAI 300.28)
How to audit wicked problems? Why is thisrelevant for performanceaudit? • Increasing number of topics are complex and politically sensitive, not limited to an agency or program level • Increasing complexity and sensitiveness and connection with values • Policy level audit • Attention on impacts more that processes
How to audit wicked problems? Why is thisrelevant for performanceaudit?
Mr Chris J. Mihm, Managing DirectorInternational Journal of Government, GAO
The Fishbowl Method Step1: Twodiscussiongroups - 15 min • Topic/task: to define 1 to 3 discussiontopics / questions for the fishbowlgroup Step2: One fishbowldiscussiongrouptwice - 20 min * 2 • Topic: the options to avoid the pitfalls? 1. discussion 1. discussion 1. 1. 2. discussion 3. discussion
Wehopethatdiscussingabout ”wickedproblems” will… • increaseourunderstandingabout the meaning of ”wickedproblems” for performanceaudit • help auditorganisations to catchup new kinds of problemsor new dimensions in currentproblems • help us to see the differentpoint of viewsabout the essence of ”wickedproblems” for performanceaudit • awake common interpretations of ”wickedproblems” for performanceaudit • help us to navigate with ”wickedproblems” ifnotfindclearmeans to controlthem at performanceaudit