DQ 5-1

Dq5-1 responses

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It is contingent on diverse variables that the mission and vision of the the organization is based. Research show that the distinction between objectives (background rationality) and means (functional rationality); this approach assumes that all public decisions must first be based on background rationality. This is a reasonable analogy.  I agree that society must establish through the government, the social goals and social values (such as equality, economic development or public order. According to  Constantin, and Bucharest, 2013, these goals and these values will be different depending on times and the countries that are being analyzed. We may discuss about the rationalist model, only when it was determined that these values or social goals can operate in functional rationality; it is a mean of seeking ways to maximize these goals. Goal setting and values of the society can often take the form of a concept of "general interest", which then helps to determine the importance and urgency of the problems to be solved (Mercier, 2008).

Consider that the diverseness of society as one reason the basis for the rational model, are rationalist theories and those are being rooted in the illuminist rationalism and positivism, current which promoted ways of neutral and objective knowledge on human society. At the basis of these problems lies the idea that human society can and should be resolved in a rational and scientific manner, by gathering all of the information that can be found in the problem, followed by processing them, and obtaining, by applying the most efficient answer, from the cost point of view (Junjan, 2001).  Public decision should not be seen only as a mere activity of rational choice of the best of several possible options but a complex act, whose implementation can have irreversible consequences on the lives of administrators (individuals and businesses).

Mercier, J.  (2008), L' administration publique - De l' École classique au nouveau management public, Quebec, Les presses de l' Université Laval, 6e triage

Junjan, V. (2001), Decizia în administraţia publică, Cluj-Napoca, Editura Accent

Constantin, Andy and Bucharest, Romania, 2013, Rationalist Model In Public Decision Making, Leoveanu Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration,  Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law