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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEAM POLICING (FROM FULL-SERVICE NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM POLICING - PLANNING FOR IMPLEMENTATION, 1975 - SEE NCJ-27934)

NCJ Number
34558
Author(s)
R G LYNCH
Date Published
1975
Length
4 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR OUTLINES A SIX-PHASE APPROACH FOR IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR DEFINES ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A PROCESS WHEREBY THE DEPARTMENT DECIDES SPECIFICALLY WHAT OBJECTIVES THEY ARE TO REACH IN THE UPCOMING YEARS, HOW THESE OBJECTIVES ARE TO BE REACHED, AND HOW THEY WILL EVALUATE WHETHER THEY IN FACT HAVE IMPROVED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OVERALL OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT. THE APPROACH DISCUSSED IN THIS ARTICLE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING PHASES: SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP TRAINING, TEAM DEVELOPMENT, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINKING OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, LONG-RANGE ORGANIZATIONAL BLUEPRINT, IMPLEMENTATION OF ESTABLISHED GOALS, AND STABILIZATION.