00967pab a2200181 454500 180718b1997 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Matheson, Craig The premises of decision-making within the Australian public service 1997 p.13-24 Mar Decision-making is usually studied in the context of a particular choice or institution. This article proposes an alternative, cross-cutting approach. It argues that federal policy-making involves three forms of rationality - technical, economic and political. Standard operating procedures develop around each. This simplifies much decision-making but may also produce narrowness of outlook and a failure to see other dimensions to a policy problem. - Reproduced Decision making - Australia Civil service - Australia Civil service Australian Journal of Public Administration 34609 34609 34609 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 56, Issue no: 1 AR34842 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR