NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COURSE CODE : POL 123 COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COURSE GUIDE POL 123 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Course Team Dr. Justice Igbokwe (Writer) - NDC Dr. C. Nna-Emeka Okereke (Editor) - NDC Ifeyinwa M. Ogbonna-Nwaogu (Coordinator) - NOUN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ii POL 123 COURSE GUIDE National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office
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Introduction An appropriate decision making has played a major role in the success of any business management. The success of the business and projects is depending on the decision making of the management and leadership. Making good decisions is fundamental to obtain a good performance in organisation. There are some decision that make huge consequences that can change the role in the organisations and can changes the process of operation of the companies‚ the choices that the organisations daily
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CERTIFICATION I certify that ‘Medical Advancement in Reproductive Health and the Law in Kenya in Relation to Human Dignity and Public policy’ is my own work and that all sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. That these work either in part or wholly have never been presented anywhere else for academic assessment or award. _________________________ _________________________
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Decision making from cognitive or normative perspective can be defined as the process of selecting best logical choice from various available options and choices. Majority of decisions in business are normative as they are based on logical decision making. Dr. Yost describes decision making as a concept on a continuum of conscientiousness and depth of deliberations. On one end of spectrum is conscious‚ well thought of‚ rational decision making‚ in between “real world” bounded rationality and at
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CHAPTER ONE: DEFINING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading Chapter 1 in the textbook‚ the student should be able to: 1. Define public administration within the context of its four frames: a. Political b. Legal c. Managerial d. Occupational 2. Locate public administration within its interdisciplinary context. 3. Define the subject matter that forms the core of public administration. 4. Provide
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Process of public policy formulation in developing countries Prof.Dr. Do Phu Hai‚ Faculty of Public Policy Graduate Academy of Social Science (GASS)‚ Vietnam Abstract: Policy formulation clearly is a critical phase of the policy process which also is an explicit subject of policy design. The public policy formulation is part of the pre-decision phase of policy making including to craft the goals and priorities and options‚ costs and benefits of each options‚ externalities of each option. It
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DECISION MAKING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Decision making is a process of selecting the best among the different alternatives. It is the act of making a choice. There are so many alternatives found in the hospitality industry. It is the selection of choice of one best alternative. Before making decisions all alternatives should be evaluated from which advantages and disadvantages are known. It helps to make the best decisions. Strategies for Decision Making It can be argued that an individual
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Academy of Management Journal 2012‚ Vol. 55‚ No. 1‚ 13–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amj.2009.0873 CONTEMPLATION AND CONVERSATION: SUBTLE INFLUENCES ON MORAL DECISION MAKING BRIAN C. GUNIA Johns Hopkins University LONG WANG City University of Hong Kong LI HUANG INSEAD JIUNWEN WANG J. KEITH MURNIGHAN Northwestern University This research investigated the role of contemplation‚ conversation (conceptualized as social contemplation)‚ and explanation in right-wrong decisions. Several theories suggest
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country may face. This is handled almost primarily through public policy. In the text‚ public policy is defined as "any decision-making done on behalf of or affecting the public‚ especially that which is done by the government." (Cropf 9) There may be other interpretations of what a public policy is‚ but primarily it will be judged on the positive or negative impact it has on the constituents. There are many public policies that affect the public and need to be addressed such as child support‚ disability
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PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES Public Health is protecting and improving the health of populations through education advertising of healthy lifestyles‚ and research for disease and injury prevention. Monitoring the health status of the population Explanation: monitoring the health status of a population helps to discover emerging forms of illness and disease and provides information to inform policy and planning of health services. This section reports on health-related quality of life (including self-rated
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