Chapter 1 Flashcards
Kelling and Bratton suggest resolving the problem of mid-managers resistance requires ensuring these managers become the departments leading edge for creativity and innovation. How do the middle managers become the organizations leading edge of innovation in great creativity?
By setting a clear direction with input and effort from the mid managers in creating it.
Line managers have the authority to give orders to achieve organizational goals.
Staff managers assist and advise line managers in accomplishing these goals
What is the initial step to take when a department arranges related functions under unified supervision and command?
Recognizing the line staff distinction
Failure to win middle-management’s support was a primary contributor to the demise of team policing in the 1970s. According to Malcolm sparrow, Mark Moore, and David Kennedy,What are the six ways the police managers influence their organization?
- Because of their positional authority, they translate the executives vision and direction into operational strategies.
- Control the nature of the departments professional environment to let officers know what is and is not acceptable behavior.
- Determine how employees view the department procedural Manual.
- Have power to quash new ideas
- Have ability to define work in a way that encourages officers to tackle harder and broader problems
- Control the extent to which discretion can be built explicitly into the departments value system
Conceptual skills can help a manager take a systems view of his department mission and goals. They help managers to understand the organization as a whole in assess the working relationships of its parts.
What is at the heart of this conceptual ability?
What is the ultimate expression of this conceptual skill?
At the heart of this conceptual ability is an understanding and knowledge of cause and effect relationships.
The ultimate expression of this conceptual skill is the development of a highly trained intuition that allows the manager to know when to do the right thing at the right time.
Management based on _______________ Is the most effective way to deal with people
Trust and respect
Which database management type uses data analysis to enhance the decision making process, shift resources as needed and ensure that Law enforcement users are best utilized to target specific criminals and criminal operations That promise the greatest results in crime reduction and create more opportunities to prevent and disrupt crime before it occurs
Intelligence led policing
____________ are the ends, and ___________ is the means of achieving these ends
Objectives are the ends, and strategy is the means of achieving these ends
What database management type reinforces the long held managerial value of maximizing every aspect of the organization, including each employee?
CompStat
Which database management type has a broader problem range and more specific offender focus?
Intelligence led policing