The purpose of this thesis is to review the degree of discretion that mandated to the executor in the process of policy-implementation. This thesis consists of five chapters. The introductory chapter reviews the process of policy and the policy-implem...
The purpose of this thesis is to review the degree of discretion that mandated to the executor in the process of policy-implementation. This thesis consists of five chapters. The introductory chapter reviews the process of policy and the policy-implementation. The. second chapter deals with the notion of discretion, the situation in the emerging of the importance of discretion.
Discretion means authority that the executor can make a decision by himself when the decision maker's policy-instruction is ambiguous. Executor's discretion consists of the competence that he can establish the object of policy, the competence that he can choose the alternatives of policy, and the competence that he can decide the technical contents of implementation.
After 1960, Scholars recognized the importance of of the discretion in the implementation process. When the executor has much less discretion-policy cannot adapt to the implementation situation, and when he has too much discretion there is the possibility of policydistortion.
The third chapter classifies the model-policy implementation model-into three parts as follows. In the technical discretion model, policy-maker decides policy objectives and policy alternatives, and executor decides only technical contents of implementation. In the polical discretion model, policy-maker decides policy objectives, and executor decides policy alternatives and technical contents of implementation. In the executor-directory discretion model, executor decides policy objectives, policy alternatives and technical coutents of implementation, and policymaker only justifies and acknowledges these afterwards.
The fourth and fifth chapters evaluate these three implementation model and review validity boundary of each parts. Technical discretion model fits to the efficient implementation of policy and its validity boundary is the policy that has much uncertainty of implementation. Political discretion model fits to the incremental execution and its validity boundary is the policy that has intricate interest relations in implementation Executor-directory discretion model fits to accomplish the object of national development and its validity boundary is the policy-implementation that the bureaucracy of developing countries.