Bibo

Definition o

f public de

cision making

Publ

ic

de

cision

making

is

decision

makin

g

car

ried

out

b

y

pub

lic

bodies.

I

t

con

cerns

the

publ

ic

se

ctor

(as

opposed

t

o

the

private),

which

has

been

de

fined

as

t

he

part

of

economic

and

admin

istrative

l

if

e

that

deals

with

the

delive

r

y

of

g

oods

and

servic

es

b

y

and

for

the

gov

ernment

(national

to

local).

The

public

sector

includes

gov

ernment

social

servic

es,

urb

an

planning,

national

defens

e,

and

o

the

rs.

This

is

i

n

contr

ast

to

private

comp

anies

.

One

c

annot

sa

y

that

public

de

cis

ion

makin

g

happens

i

n

this

or

that

wa

y

,

bec

ause

i

t

is

so

diverse,

even

within

countries

or

ag

en

cies.

W

i

thin

a

g

iven

conte

xt,

ideas

f

rom

or

g

anisational

behaviour

c

an

go

a

long

w

a

y

i

n

elucidatin

g

pub

lic

ag

en

c

y

decision

makin

g

proc

esses.

From

a

perspe

ctive

with

in

an

ag

enc

y

,

such

ideas

can

be

used

to

improve

publ

ic

a

ge

nc

y

decision

making

proc

esses.

From

the

perspe

ctive

of

an

ag

en

c

y

outs

ide

r

, underst

anding

of O

B ideas

can shed

l

i

ght on publ

ic

proc

esses and

how one might

best and mos

t e

f

f

ectivel

y

eng

a

ge

wi

th

them.

One

thing

that

i

s

common

betw

een

public

decision

makin

g

process

es

i

s

t

hat

ther

e

i

s

a

role

for

the

‘public.’

I

t

might

be

almos

t

insignific

ant,

but

in

m

ost

cas

es

it

i

s

incr

easin

gl

y

becomin

g

la

r

g

er

and

more

meaning

ful.

I

nv

olvement

of

t

he

pub

lic

i

n

public

de

cision

mak

in

g

ma

y

run

the

g

amut

from

simple

repo

rting

and

min

imal

public

invo

lvement

t

o

collabo

rative

de

cision

making,

and

in

rar

e

c

ases

ev

en

fuller

decision

making

powers.

Be

caus

e

the

role

of

the publ

ic

is a common...