CONFIDENTIAL AM/APR 2007/ADM654

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION
COURSE
COURSE CODE
EXAMINATION
TIME
: POLICY ANALYSIS
: ADM654
: APRIL 2007
: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This question paper consists of seven (7) questions.
2. Answer any four (4) questions.
3. Answers are to be written in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
4. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.
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i) the Question Paper
ii) an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty
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QUESTION 1
a) Carl J. Friedrich (1973, p.79) regards public policy as "a proposed course of action
of a person, group or government within a given environment providing obstacles and
opportunities which the policy was proposed to utilize and overcome in an effort to
reach a goal or realize an objective or a purpose".
Elaborate on the above definition.
(10 marks)
b) There are several limitations in analyzing various policy issues in any country.
Explain any three (3) limitations in analyzing policy issues.
(15 marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Describe three (3) approaches to policy analysis.
(10 marks)
b) Briefly explain the five (5) stages of the policy process.
(15 marks)
QUESTION 3
a) The objectives of the New Economic Policy (NEP) are to reduce the gap between
Bumiputra and non-Bumiputra as well as to restructure the society. Analyze any two
(2) strategies in achieving each of these objectives.
(12 marks)
b) The National Development Policy (NDP) served as an extension of the New
Economic Policy and was launched on 17
th
June 1991 by Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir
Mohamad. Explain the three (3) objectives of NDP.
(13 marks)
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QUESTION 4
a) Describe three (3) implications of the Elite Theory in policy analysis.
(10 marks)
b) Policies are largely determined by economic or social environmental forces.
Discuss the above statement with reference to the Institutional Model.
QUESTION 5
a) Explain the role of any four (4) actors in policy implementation.
b) Evaluate any two (2) approaches in policy implementation.
QUESTION 6
a) Define the concept of policy evaluation.
b) Explain any six (6) problems confronting policy evaluation.
(15 marks)
(10 marks)
(15 marks)
(7 marks)
(18 marks)
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QUESTION 7
Write short notes on ALL of the following:
a) Public policy versus private policy
b) Rational behavior
c) Policy output
d) Cost-benefit analysis
e) Subject issues
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(5 marks)
(5 marks)
(5 marks)
(5 marks)
(5 marks)
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