Question

While death maybe an unfortunate and inevitable occurrence in human life, the death of government policies was originally thought of as so or near impossible. Many researchers considered that termination can cause difficulties when trying to identify causal and predictable relationships. Possibly even more troublesome is the misunderstanding of what constitutes termination (Kinney, N, 2013).

However, the government of Malaysia have terminated several policies such as Teaching Science and Mathematics in English (PPSMI), Goods and Services Taxes (GST) and bend bridge project.

1. Based on the examples given above, do you agree with the author? Justify your answer

2. If you were hired as a public official and you were given instructions to terminate a program or a policy,

   1. i) how would you proceed?

   2. ii) would you apply the ‘big bang’ or the long whimper approach? Justify your answer?

Answer 1

Here is the answer for your question : -

Yes , i agree with the author. It is because the decision is taken by the government and i'm the public official.

when the government has terminated several policies , it has the supreme power and authourity to terminate and the citizens should obey the orders of the government. if the people have any issues then they can have a discussion with the government authorities by forming a union. of employees or they can take the help of courts .

1. if i was hired as a public official and if was given the instructions to terminate a program or policy , i will pass the orders of the government , i will obey the orders of the government.

because i was appointed as a officer by the government to work for the government and to perform all the duties effectively .

my duty is to obey the orders and pass the orders of the government .

based on the instructions , i will thoroughly follow the instructions while terminating a program. and i shall terminate the program based on the instructions and gudelines given by the government .

if any changes is to be made or any proposal is to be made then i will consult the higher authorities and explain them if any changes are required.

based on the policies and program and considering the advantages and disadvantages of the policies and programs , i will terminate the policy or program as a public official,.

2. yeah , i will apply big bang approach to terminate this policy and the program as a public official .

as this is a authoritative decision taken by the government,

it is the best and most common way to terminate a program and policy.

this termination can be done as shattering force.

it facilitates to not to give a chance to opposition .

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