The Authority of Administrative Actors to Select Among Various Responses

question 95

Multiple Choice

The authority of administrative actors to select among various responses to a given problem is called

• A)policy implementation.
• B)selective management.
• C)the merit principle.
• D)the definition of alternatives.
• E)administrative discretion.

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