PAP 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Problem Solving

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2320
• Professor: Christopher Cooper

Document Summary

It is the job of public administration to help formulate, implement and evaluate public policy. Agent is the government, exercising the authority of the state. Policy making involves choice (basis for policy making on normative values) Problem solving in nature but recognize the complexity: issue then make decision, large part of public policy is the implementation of the decision/ official policy making. Study the decision-making processes underlying policy decisions. Public policy is important because policy and decisions made b those in power affect nearly every aspect of daily life, including education, healthcare and national security. Is engaged in the activities of providing gov. goods and services to the general public: enterprises, agencies, and bodies are fully owned, controlled and run by the government whether it is central gov. , statement gov. or a local gov: basic objective is to serve the citizens of the country.