POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS – Based

POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS – Based on the Malaysian Experience

Introduction

Policy formulation varies from countries to countries. It will depend on the type of political structure and philosophy of one state. The world trend also may have influenced on the overall practice of a nation. Sometimes, such trend may result acceptable or radical outcome. Since comparative measures between countries may take complicated analysis through thorough studies, this article will brief simplistically on the general processes of policy formulation in Malaysia. More important, it will also highlight how the system of the Government can influence the internal planning and implementation of multi-disciplined policies. At the end, we may be able to notify various essential factors that can be assumed as indicators for policy formulation of Malaysian government.