Public Affairs and Policy Studies Organizations and Public Policy (The Nigerian Experience)

Governance in many countries is increasingly a complex process.Public affairs and society in the modern world are increasingly complex phenomena.More importantly, this increasing complexity of public affairs and society translates into the function of managing public affairs also becoming an increasingly complex function.In order to effectively manage public affairs, in a complex society, a strong link has long been forged between the academia and the profession of public management.The need to create new knowled_ ge; collect, precise, analyze, and interpret huge amounts of information; and to be able to use this knowledge and information to improve the function of formulating, implementing and evaluating public policy has helped to expand, and sustain, this link between the academia and the profession of public management.The development and growth of public administration, .and more recently public policy analysis, as academic disciplines and professions, attest to the strength of this link.