The Rational Models of Policy Process

Introduction

The rational models of policy process are compromising a mechanical process in policy making. Theoretically, the models are helping managers of public sector to manage policy issues by using rigid components of procedure that likely use in laboratory. It means the administrators in public sector will follow some sequences, such as gathering important values that related with policy issue, examining the possible outcomes of policy issue by rating those important values that already established, and then he or she will try to make a decision on what is the best policy. The steps are continuing repeatedly in the same condition. The particular characteristics of the models are having valid data, reliable information and managers who have a very good knowledge and a good understanding on the issue and policy making. The rational models of policy making are more mechanical in the way of producing policy based on clarified information and good recognized policy option (Lindblom, 1959: 79 – 80). The approaches of rational policy making appear very stable until the late of 1950s when Lindblom was giving his point of view about the problems within policy process (Lindblomb, 1959: 79 – 88). He said that the process of policy making is not to be expected in such a mechanical process, which all of the issues of policy are easy to understand and development of policy alternatives and decisions simplistic. The policy making process is beyond of that and facing complexity of matters which involves another aspects in the process. Furthermore, Lindblom also pointed that the rational techniques is very hard to implement in simple issues of policy (Lindblom, 1959: 80).

Based on the Lindblom’s point of view, this essay will try to examin...

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...giving many information and compassing public sector to build a better policy products in a systematic way. The most important key feature in policy cycle is understandable and accessible by giving a sequence of policy process in the way of research, planning and management of government policy (Bridgman and Davis, 2003: 99).

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