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Course Description:
This course is
designed to assist the learner in enhancing their perspective of the role,
functions and purpose of the police organization and management structure. The
intent of the course is to integrate the learners experiences into the larger
picture of the police organization and their role in that structure as a
supervisor, manager or executive. The format for this class will include
readings, online & library research, and other individualized learning
experiences.
Course Objectives
After the conclusion of the
course, the student will be able to demonstrate Learning Results including
knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes, in the following manner:
1. Compare and contrast the organizational development of police management
principles and its correlation to that of
organizational and management theory.
2. Identify the key management and organizational theories
3. Analyze balancing multiple stakeholders as a police supervisor or
manager.
4. Compare Adaptive Management and Community Policing and contrast the
readings
to your organization to the case studies in the text.
5. Analyze the historical development of organizational development in
relation to the
motivational considerations of supervision and
management.
6. Identify key issues related to human factors in the organization.
7. Discuss the dual issues of police misconduct and civilian review
boards.
8. Describe the structure of the organization and how it has adapted
to use civilian,
non-sworn, volunteers, reserves, etc. in
augmenting the organization.
9. Explain how change in organizations occurs, and how organizations
adapt to
changes
10. Discuss the dilemma of turnover, tenure, retention of key leaders in
organizations. .
11. Compare the dynamics of the use of group or team behaviors in policing
(Chapter
10) and compare to your organizations use of
teams or group projects.
12. Compare and contrast field operations vs support services
13. Analyze how to measure or evaluate units for effectiveness.
14. Differentiate between entry level criteria and retention criteria.
Learning Experience:
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Read the following
book:
Police
Organization and Management
9th Ed. Foundation Press V.A. Leonard and Harry W. More, 1999.
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Read or consult
any other book, text, journal article or online source in order to
achieve learning results for
this course and complete documentation. (Refer also to
resource page on this website)
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Conduct online and
library research.
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Maintain periodic
contact with adjunct professor concerning course progress.
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This course consists of four
modules of instruction. Learners
are to write a
response to each bullet point
in their papers. Each MODULE is essentially a
series of answers to the
questions posed. Students should submit them as
Modular Papers, with a header
for each subtopic. There are four papers
then, with the subtopics
included in the module.
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Before you begin.
You must download a learning agreement. Review the
agreement, sign it and mail it
to the instructor per the instructions on the last page.
Learning agreements must be
submitted during the first week of the semester.
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After you have submitted the
learning agreement, send the instructor an email
requesting the module due dates
Send Email Requesting Due Dates
Click Here
Download the Learning Agreement
Although not used in
this course, the book description of Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and Behavior
says, “The best-selling, most comprehensive book available for police administration & management, Police Administration
7/e presents a carefully researched and vivid introduction to police organizations that focuses on the procedures, politics
and human relations issues that law enforcement managers and administrators must understand in order to succeed. Representing
the collective experience of the authors' decades of experience in law enforcement, training, and teaching, Police Administration
7/e is recognized by both the academic and law enforcement communities as the authoritative treatment of this important topic.
Chapter topics include the evolution of American policing, community policing, organizational theory, concepts of police
organizational design, leadership, organizational and interpersonal communication, human resource management, stress and police
personnel, labor relations, legal aspects of police administration, planning and decision-making, financial management, and
organizational change and the future. For law enforcement managers and administrators.”
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