3 - Introduction - Mark
3 - Introduction - Mark
3 - Introduction - Mark
FORMULATIO
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TOPIC OUTLINE
OUTCOMES
IMPLEMENTED AS A PROCEDURE OR
WHAT IS A POLICY?
3. IS A STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES A
GUIDE FOR DECISION MAKING BY
MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION
CHARGED WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATING THE
ORGANIZATION AS A SYSTEM WITH
THE PURPOSE OF ATTAINING THE
ESTABLISHED OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
WHAT IS A POLICY?
4. PRINCIPLE OR RULE TO GUIDE
DECISIONS AND ACHIEVE RATIONAL
OUTCOME
4. IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF
EFFECTIVE AND ACCEPTABLE
COURSES OF ACTION FOR
ADDRESSING WHAT HAS BEEN
PLACED ON THE POLICY AGENDA
WHAT IS POLICY
FORMULATION?
TWO PARTS TO THE DEFINITION:
1. EFFECTIVE FORMULATION means that the
policy proposed is regarded as a valid, efficient,
and implementable solution to the issue at hand
2. ACCEPTABLE FORMULATION means that the
proposed course of action is likely to be
authorized by the legitimate decision makers,
usually through majority-building in a bargaining
process
DEFINING POLICY
FORMULATION?
TOPIICS REMARKS
TWO ASPECTS: the literature typically features either
TECHNICAL and POLITICAL one or the other, rarely both
simultaneously