... From command and control to negotiation and persuasion Traditional public management, with its focus on the operation of publicagencies, emphasises command and control as the modus operandi of ... regulationor ‘command and control’ regulation in policy and academic literature.But although both lawyers and non-lawyers tend to associate regulation withclassical command-based mechanisms, ... what standard or target it should set; secondly, about how theyare behaving now, and why; and thirdly, about what sanctions or incentives will aligntheir behaviour with the desired standard...