DECISION-MAKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

摘要

DECISION-MAKING BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS drives programs and policies and has a significant impact on the lives of citizens. I tell my public affairs students that businesses make things and governments make decisions. From local decisions to federal decisions, the impact of public sector decision-making on the lives of everyday people is significant. In contrast, private sector decision-making is likely to only impact a relatively narrow group of people - those who work at the company, those who have invested in the company, and those who buy the company's products. It is striking that many in the private sector have been embracing the evidence-based practices and tools from research of the decision sciences for 50+ years, whereas public sector uses are few and far between.