ADMINISTRATIVE INNOVATIONS IN PROBATION SERVICE - A DESIGN FOR INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS

• NCJ Number: 12123
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1973) Pages: 353-366
• Author(s): H R SIGURDSON; A W MCEACHERN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article

Annotation

ORGANIZATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS ARE ANALYZED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY AND PRACTICE.

Abstract

MAX WEBER'S PRINCIPLES OF BUREAUCRACY ARE APPLIED TO PROBATION PRACTICE AS A METHOD OF CONCEPTUALIZING PROBLEMS IN CONTEMPORARY JUSTICE. THEY ARE BUTTRESSED BY DOUGLAS MCGREGOR'S MORE RECENT ANALYSIS OF BURCAUCRATIC ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HUMAN NATURE AND BEHAVIOR UNDERLYING SUCH ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES. FINALLY, PERSONNEL MOTIVATION IS EXAMINED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ABRAHAM MASLOW'S 'HIERARCHY OF NEEDS' THEORY. THE PAPER PRESENTS A DESIGN FOR CHANGE BASED ON CONTEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OFFENDER PROBLEMS AND NEEDS. THE FOLLOWING INTERRELATED PROCEDURES ARE DISCUSSED AS STEPS LEADING TO THE MODEL PROBATION DEPARTMENT OF THE FUTURE - (1) ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES, (3) THE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS RESPONSIVE TO THE PLANNED ORGANIZATIONAL GOAL STRUCTURE, AND (4) THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND INSTALLATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)