NCJ Number
17473
Date Published
1975
Length
268 pages
Annotation
A TEXTBOOK ON POLICE ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING BASIC PRINCIPLES OF POLICE MANAGEMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF POLICE MANAGEMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADMINISTRATION TECHNIQUES.
Abstract
THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF POLICE MANAGEMENT, AND PRINCIPLES OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION SUCH AS PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, AND CONTROL ARE FIRST INVESTIGATED. AMONG THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS DISCUSSED IN THE TEXT ARE THEORIES ON THE RELATIONSHIPS OF PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS, LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR STYLES, MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR, AND MANAGEMENT PLANNING APPROACHES. OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND DECISION-MAKING, MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES, METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF TIME, MANAGEMENT OF CONFLICT, THE NATURE OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE.