Defining the policy-making function in government: An organizational and management approach

Abstract

Applying what is in effect a roles and missions approach to the management of the office of the chief planner in large scale public operations is at variance with modern public administration theories. However, a definitional approach is advanced here as a needed step in organizing and managing the policy-making process, which in most agencies is in constant flux. Five key functions are defined: Planning, Analysis, Research, Demonstration and Evaluation. A simplified scenario is used to show how these functions and their management interact over several years of policymaking. Activities identified with each function are spaced chronologically and are shown to be mutually reinforcing. The scenario also makes extensive use of the initial earmarking of portions of the Research and Evaluation budgets for coordinated use in response to requirements growing out of the overall policy determination process.

Investigating the Relationship between Governance and Key Processes of the Iran IoT Innovation System

“…Prioritizing IoT applications for the "entrepreneurial experimentations", formulating and communicating public procurement programs for "market formation", and the policy of training a specialized workforce through educational and academic programs under "resource mobilization" are other issues that should be nationally addressed by policymakers. All of these align with policy-making sub-functions developed by Abert [31].…”

“…Regarding these definitions, governance functions/roles are the key concepts to which researchers have contributed theoretically. They referred to the main functions of governance, including policy-making, regulation, facilitation, and service provision that can be performed with the cooperation of a system's players [31][32][33][34]. The authors' belief is that the functions of IoT governance can be the result of these four macro-level functions.…”