Discussion Board 2 Week 3 CS 875 Steven Wong

 Hello Professor and class. Think tanks implement research and give advice and assistance in a broad scope of subjects such as social rules, military efforts, a nation's financial situation, culture, and innovative technologies. There are some key components to think tanks. Think tanks are groups that research and report on a wide scope of topics and problems in both government and private businesses or companies. Think tanks usually assist in political change by utilizing their study to affect public opinion. The results developed by the think tanks can implement a great duty in assisting government lawmakers in adjusting significant law agendas. A lot but not all think tanks can be categorized as being either liberal or conservative in their approach to influencing policy. While think tanks and organizations outside the government conduct a great depth of studying on a topic or problem, the two function completely differently. Non government groups are different from think tanks because they are nonprofit in a majority of situations and are composed of volunteers who have a common cause. No government think tank operates on local or international levels to affect social and humanitarian regulations, and help develop awareness for governments of citizen issues, and assist for public engagement in government and political outreach.

Three types of think tanks that I would like to discuss are ideological, specialized, and action oriented. Ideological think tanks display a specific political way of life or bias. For example, the viewpoints of a ideological think tanks are either conservative or liberal perspectives, ideological think tanks are developed to create solutions to social and political issues and to engage in persuading government lawmakers to use their ideas and proposed solutions. Specialized think tanks are often working in tandem with and assisted by non partisan universities to implement research and report on both a wide slope of topics, like international finances, and custom subjects like green peace, and public health issues. Action oriented think tanks are also known as think and do think tanks, because they are both actively engaged in operating the ideas developed through their study for a topic or issue. Their level of engagement may go past from financing humanitarian activist programs like world hunger in poorer nations to helping the development of facilities in areas of the world where they do no have access to public water resources like water fountains or wells. Thank you form reading my post. Your response or feedback to what I wrote will be greatly appreciated to enhance the learning experience

References:

Longley, R. (2020, July 1). What is a think tank? Definition and examples. Thoughtco. https://www.thoughtco.com/top-think-tanks- Washington-dc-1038694

Steven Christopher Wong

Doctoral of Computer Science Student

Colorado Technical University