Fundamentals of Public Administration Bureaucracy

Questions: 1. Describe the role of bureaucracy in public administration and their role in formulating public policy.2. Illustrate the policy making process and outline how to assess the regulatory policy its impact. Answers: 1. The bureaucracy plays a key role in the public administration by performing several functions (Frederickson et al. 2015). It is also an important characteristic for the formulation of the public policy. The role of the bureaucracy is described as under- Implementation of the government laws well as policies of the government by civil servants. Role in the formulation of policy- The civil servants are responsible for the supply of data which is required by the executive for formulating the policies (Frederickson et al. 2015). They measure the merits as well as demerits of the policy before implementing them. Advisory function- The advice to the political executive is an important part in the formulation of wise public policies. 2. The policy making process is described as below- Fig: Policy making process Source: (Gerston 2014) The assessment of the regulatory policy is important for smooth functioning of the government framework. The regulatory framework can be assessed with the help of several processes such as regulatory administration, behavioral compliance and outcome performance (Gerston 2014). The efficiency of the regulatory process is done along with evaluation of the behavior towards important government policies. The outcome performance analysis is concerned with the effectiveness of the output process regarding the government matters (Gerston 2014). The OECD analysis is also done to perform regulatory impact analysis on the formulated policies. References Frederickson, H.G., Smith, K.B., Larimer, C.W. and Licari, M., 2015.The public administration theory primer. Westview Press. Gerston, L.N., 2014.Public policy making: Process and principles. Routledge.