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Uniqueness and Typology of Public Policy
Is Public Policy Unique?
Policymaking by Different Types of Organizations: Similarities
Organizations can be classified into three types: businesses, not-for-profit organizations and the State. All of them make policies. Common to the policies made by the different kinds of organizations are some features:
- Policy is a set of decisions that guides the conduct and activities of the organization and its functionaries.
- In every large and mature organization, there are prescribed procedures and approval levels for policymaking.
- Every organization strives to have the best fit between policy-related problems and the chosen policy.
- Three forces drive decision-making: the ‘rationality’ of policy analysis; ...
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