Some pitfalls have to detected and avoided. “Too many managers only spend time coping with the problems they see now. Yet situations change and managers should be just as prepared to cope with different circumstances” (Starling, 2012). It is important to mention that administrators cannot anticipate every time but they should try it anyways. Four barriers from the Public Sector Planning in which Alex must account for and be cognizant of these barriers in deciding how he will approach the governor are trying to do too much, over planning, assessing the environment and performance assessment. Due to his lack of experience, Alex will probably want to solve every issues at once. “Public administrators should develop the skill of discerning what is possible and what is impossible, because many of the problems in the public sector are totally intractable” (Starling, p. 227). Alex shouldn’t waste time and resources on wishing to accomplish the impossible, instead he should set realistic goals and give prioritize the most important issues. Over planning is another method to avoid, because details are unnecessary. “Very little is irreversible. Likewise, the implementation plan should be simple and realistic” (Starling, p. 228). Assessing the environment is a crucial aspect for program management. “Good managers have understood for a long time that many forces- both inside and outside their organizations-can …show more content…
Employees are been found responsible of corruption actions and of not doing their job correctly. Values like honesty, integrity, fairness and equality are forgotten because employees and administrators are careless or the selection process is corrupted. Prior entering any public agency prospects have to be evaluated and tested on ethics. It would be an excellent idea to send public employees to an ethics class once a year. Currently, the most important concern on public agencies is corruption, because when corruption takes place at any work environment the employee trust is dismembered. Nonetheless, policy planning in public agencies is a difficult task to accomplish because planning agendas are rigorous and complex to understand. On the other hand management planning should be strategically to consider for both long and short terms. “It should not impose a rigid number-crunching requirement on agencies that does nothing but generate paper and distract managers from doing more important things” (Starling,