12 Company Officer II Flashcards
Writing skills are vital company officer ii may be required to develop
Written reports Press releases Memos Policies Procedures
The Commonwealth is a state in which government functions with
The common consent of the people
Agencies for departments might interact with that fall under Department of Homeland Security and FEMA
United States fire administration.
National fire Academy.
Emergency management Institute.
US Coast Guard
Agencies that fall under Department of Agriculture
US forest service. Farm service agency
OSHA falls under what federal organization
Department of labor
Agencies fire departments might deal with that fall under the department of Health and Human Services
CDC. National Institute for occupational safety and health NIOSH
A public department that might provide heavy equipment for collapse or trench rescue operations
Public works
To ensure and affect the response, what should be used as a model for response management in the area contingency plans.
National incident management system based ICS for unified command
What was created to integrate federal government prevention, preparedness, response recovery and mitigation plans into one discipline all hazard approach to domestic incident management
US national response plan, NRP
Formative evaluation
An ongoing process throughout an employee’s career
Summative evaluation
The company officers final assessment of the individual’s performance
Summative evaluations are conducted at what times
And of probation.
Annual performance review.
Performance improvement or disciplinary purposes.
To successfully manage change the company officer must know the forces that create and cause change and
The change process itself
Change can originate from two forces
Internal, external
Where do internal change forces originate
From within the unit/organization include changes that are created by delegation of responsibility
External change forces originate from
Political decisions economic trends service demands
The prospect of change may cause people to go through the 4 change process stages
Denial. Resistance. Exploration. Commitment
Types of change that an organization may have to undergo include
Strategic. Structure. Technology. People
Reasons to resist change
Uncertainty. Loss of control or power. Fear of loss. Self interest. Learning anxiety. Lack of trust. Lack of shared vision
Resistance to change can be overcome using the following seven basic steps
Create a climate for change.
Plan for change.
Communicate advantages and effects of change.
Meet needs of organization and employees.
Involve employees in change process.
Provide support for employees during change.
Seek input and support opinion leaders
Change agent as a person who
Needs a change project or initiative. They define research plan and carefully select members of a change team
A model for change has been created to facilitate most forms of change facing an organization, it is based on five steps
Recognize the need for change. Identify resistance and address it. Plan to change interventions. Implement the change. Control the change
Follow the program is a formal part of the change process continues to monitor
The changes affect
John kotter 1990 8 reasons why change fails
Process too complex. Lacks universal support. Lack of clear vision. Failure to communicate vision. Allowing barriers in the way Not planning for short term results Declaring completion too soon Failure to make change part of culture.
Company officer ii duties
Prepare projects and divisional budgets.
Develop budgets.
evaluate resource needs of assigned units.
Understand purchasing process.
