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What Can the Police Learn From 'Excellent Companies'?

NCJ Number
98608
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Dated: (1985) Pages: 381-385
Author(s)
D K Das
Date Published
1985
Length
5 pages
Annotation
In In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Peters and Waterman, 1982), the authors identify eight attributes that characterize excellent American companies.
Abstract
Basically, these attributes can be described as elements of a management philosophy centered on humanism, folklore wisdom, and simple pragmatism. Their applicability to police organizations and the benefits resulting from such an application are discussed. (Author abstract)

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