NCJ Number
130992
Date Published
1991
Length
132 pages
Annotation
This book explores the forces that are undermining the orthodoxy in police organization and management and presents a new way of thinking about the organization and management of police departments.
Abstract
The proposed method borrows the concept of corporate strategy from the private sector and adapts it for use in the public sector. The proposed application of a corporate strategy to police management involves the choice of purpose, the molding of organizational identity and character, the continuing definition of what needs to be done, and the mobilization of resources for the attainment of goals in the face of aggression competition or adverse circumstances. This book uses the concept of corporate strategy to help define the goals of policing. Another chapter analyzes how the police might conceive the management of their relations with the external environment followed by an examination of the implications of corporate strategy for the internal structure and operations of police departments. The final chapter looks to the future as it discusses the requirements for imaginative police leadership. Chapter notes