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consultative documents.
10 The ultimate objectives of a policy are
expressed as broad benefits caught by Government.
include, for example
economic benefits;
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international and internal security;
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usually
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health, safety, and other welfare objectives;
income redistribution.
11 The task of the person preparing the
evaluation
plan is to analyse the ultimate objectives into a number
objectives which either consecutively
of
or
intermediate
simultaneously are believed to contribute to the
ultimate objectives.
This is one of the trickiest areas
solutions.
and there are
no easy
Some intermediate
objectives can be expressed as administrative changes.
Others need to include levels of quality associated with
a quantified objective. The questions to try to refine
are "what is to be achieved by when and at what cost".
12 In many cases it may turn out that objectives, whether
ultimate objectives or intermediate objectives, cannot
be expressed in quantified terms. Furthermore, the policy
manager
will often be
conscious
objectives depends not only upon
his
that achieving the
efforts, own
and
the amount of
resources
the Government puts in, but also or
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