NCJ Number
58748
Editor(s)
H W MORE
Date Published
1979
Length
372 pages
Annotation
TECHNIQUES OF DEALING WITH ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ARE PRESENTED IN THIS TEXT FOR POLICE ADMINISTRATION COURSES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS. THE BOOK REVIEWS MAJOR MANAGEMENT THEORIES AND POLICE MANAGEMENT HISTORY.
Abstract
BOTH THE STUDENT AND PRACTITIONER ARE INTRODUCED TO THE MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS OF PLANNING, ORGANIZING, FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET; TO MAJOR ELEMENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; AND TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGE IN POLICE ORGANIZATIONS. THIS ANTHOLOGY IS DIVIDED INTO A NUMBER OF CHAPTERS COVERING THE HISTORY OF POLICE MANAGEMENT THOUGHT, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL LEADERS IN THIS FIELD AND THEIR OUTSTANDING INNOVATIONS AND PHILOSOPHIES; THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES IN APPLICATION TO POLICE MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL, INCORPORATING A DISCUSSION OF THEORY 'X' AND THEORY 'Y'--THE HARD AND SOFT APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT--AND THE MANAGERIAL GRID WHICH ORGANIZES SEVERAL THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF HOW EACH DEALS WITH ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS FOR PRODUCTION AND PROFIT AND HUMAN NEEDS FOR MATURE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS EXAMINE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, ITS BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS, ITS APPLICATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ITS USEFULNESS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED AGENCIES AS WELL AS FOR LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. IN ADDITION, MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS THE PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE, FISCAL MANAGEMENT, AND ZERO-BASE BUDGETING ARE DISCUSSED. FINALLY ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (A LONG-RANGE EFFORT TO IMPROVE AN AGENCY'S PROBLEMSOLVING AND RENEWAL PROCESSES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATION CULTURE AND FORMAL WORK TEAMS), MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES, LEADERSHIP PATTERNS, TEAM POLICING, AND POLICE PRODUCTIVITY IN SERVICES AND PAROLE ARE DEALT WITH IN REMAINING SECTIONS. SPECIAL TEACHING AIDS--CHAPTER OBJECTIVES, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, ANNOTATED REFERENCES, AND CASE STUDIES--ARE PROVIDED AS WELL AS AN INDEX BY SUBJECT AND NAME.