7 Steps of Policy Making

Step 2

Agenda setting - process of forming list of issues to address

Step 4

Policy adoption - approval of a policy proposal

Step 7

Policy evaluation - process of whether implementation is working

Step 3

Policy formulation - creating appropriate courses of action

Step 6

Policy implementation - carrying out policy

Step 1

Problem recognition - identification of an issue

Step 5

Budgeting - allocating resources for implementation