Policy implementation technical control of the execution of decisions from top down Sabatier and Mazmanian define that " implementation is the carrying out of a basic policy decision..The implementation process normally runs through a number of stages beginning with passage of the basic statute followed by the policy output decisions and specifications)of the implementing agencies, the compliance of the target groups with those decisions, the actual impact- both intended and unintended -of those outputs, the perceived impacts of agency decisions, and finally, important revisions(or attempted revision) in the basic status.(1995, p 153; numbering mine)Sabatier and Mazmanian define that “implementation is the carrying out of a basic policy decision. …The implementation process normally runs through a number of stages beginning with passage of the basic statute, followed by the policy output (decisions and specifications) of the implementing agencies, the compliance of the target groups with those decisions, the actual impact – both intended and unintended – of those outputs, the perceived impacts of agency decisions, and finally, important revisions (or attempted revision) in the basic status.” (1995, p. 153; numbering mine) Policy implementation technical control of the execution of decisions from top down