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What are the advantages of policies?
Advantages of Policies
- They save time by serving as precedents.
- They aid in coordination.
- They provide stability in the organization.
- They help the manager to delegate authority without undue fear.
- They serve as guides to thinking and action and thereby facilitate quick and accurate decisions.
What is a disadvantage of having too many policies and procedures in place?
What is a disadvantage of having too many policies and procedures in place? They curtail the extent to which employees can make decisions on their own.
What makes a public policy effective?
Effective public policy will support democratic institutions and processes, serve justice, encourage empathetic and active citizenship, and solve problems efficiently and effectively without causing a political rift.
What are the disadvantages of Public Policy?
The disadvantage of so-called “public policy” is equally as obvious: government politicians and bureaucrats are choosing, through their power of legitimate coercion, who will benefit and who will have to pay for it. Only a government can dispense such benefits, and charge such costs, because only a government has the power of legitimate coercion.
What are the major concepts of Public Policy?
The public policy takes various forms for instance regulations, laws, actions and decisions aimed at controlling a certain behavior or solving a problem that is either caused by or affects the public. The major concepts associated with policy making are; the policy, the participants and the problems at stake.
Do governments make public policy decisions that make the government worse?
It usually depends on context. Some public policy decisions are taken by despotic governments that make their government worse. Others can be taken by benevolent governments that make their government better. There is also the benevolent and despotic governments making decisions that have unintended consequences.
Why is the process of making public policies essential and sensitive?
The process of making public policies is essential and at the same time sensitive because although it is carried out by the government through its various bodies, it affects a majority of people.