ORGANIZATIONS - THE COMING AD-HOCRACY (FROM ISSUES IN POLICE PATROL - A BOOK OF READINGS, 1973, BY T J SWEENEY AND W ELLINGSWORTH - SEE NCJ-25816)

• NCJ Number: 25823
• Author(s): A TOFFLER
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: Kansas City (MO) Police Dept; Police Foundation
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

THE BREAKDOWN IN BUREAUCRATIC DECISION-MAKING AND NEW ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY PRECIPITATED BY THE INCREASED RATE OF SOCIAL CHANGE ARE EXAMINED IN THIS EXERPT FROM THE BOOK 'FUTURE SHOCK'.

Abstract

WHILE NOT SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSING POLICE ORGANIZATION, THE AUTHOR'S COMMENTS PROVIDE AN ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGAINST WHICH TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE POLICE FUTURES. THE ARTICLE OUTLINES THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH HE CLAIMS WILL SUPPLANT BUREAUCRACY. THIS NEW SYSTEM IS CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASING INTERNAL REORGANIZATIONS, THE USE OF TEMPORARY PROJECTS OR TASK FORCES TO SOLVE ONE TIME ISSUES, INCREASED MOBILITY OF PERSONNEL, AND THE LOSS OF STRICT ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHIES. ALL THIS WILL CONTRAST SHARPLY TO BUREAUCRACIES, WHICH WERE CHARACTERIZED BY PERMANENCE, HIERARCHY, AND A DIVISION OF LABOR.