The document discusses public policy and program administration, focusing on defining policy, differentiating between activities, projects, and programs, and identifying the aims of public policy. It describes public policy as a set of guidelines that guide government actions to improve societal welfare and achieve specific goals. The aims of policy include protecting individual rights, fostering cooperation, and regulating state activities.

1. CHAPTER 1
UNDERSTANDING
PUBLIC POLICY AND
PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION
BY: MARIDEL Z. VIERNES
INSTRUCTOR I, CPADM

2. OBJECTIVES
•Define Policy
•Differentiate the activities, project
and programs
•Identify the aims of public policy

3. WHAT IS POLICY
•Set of guidelines or rules that
determine a course of action.

4. PROJECT VS PROGRAM
•Set of activities
•Set of project

5. PUBLIC POLICY
• consists of political decisions necessary for the
implementation of programs geared towards achieving
societal goals” (Chochran and Malone, 1995)
• -also refers to regulatory measures, laws, funding
priorities, or courses of action embodied in the
Constitution, legislative acts, and may be created by
means of executive order or local ordinance

6. PUBLIC POLICY
•process of formulating and enacting a program
based on set of principles
•- actions taken by government that are intended
to solve problems and/or improve the quality of
life of its citizens.
•-roadmap/framework within which government
actions are undertaken to achieve public goals
(Srivastava, 2017)

7. AIMS OF POLICY
• To protect individual rights
• -To foster cooperation by means of government influence
and encouragement
• -To thresh out issues/control conflict
• -To maximize resources
• -To provide direct benefits to citizens
• -To regulate State activities or to organize society

8. •-To guide government affairs
•-To collect revenue

9. SEATWORK 1
•1. What is policy. 5 points
•2. What is the difference between activity,
project and program. 5 points
•3.Enumenrate at least 5 from 8 aims of
policy. Explain your answer. 20 points