things as the need for written reports. Resourcing
does not necessarily mean extra resources but building
into the general forward
the need for
plan.
evaluation
8 Defining the Objectives
One of the most striking lessons to emerge from the
studies done so far is the difficulty which policy managers
sometimes face in defining the objectives with sufficient
clarity. The reason was not always that the objectives
were not set down nor that they were in conflict with
But rather that the objectives were set
one another.
out in So many different places for different purposes
that it was difficult to pick out
to pick out a single authoritative
view.
and clarifying the objectives, it
9 In
identifying
will often be useful to look at
a
any cost/benefit analysis or policy appraisal
that was done earlier;
b
the submission documents when the policy
was approved;
C
any appraisal documents sent to the Treasury;
a
public
statements
in, for
example,
White
Papers,
statements
in
Parliament,
and
public
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