Chapter 1 Deck 1 Flashcards
Organizational Change Chapter one
According to Organizational Change Chapter One,
What are the Major Problem Police Professionals are facing today?
A Legitimacy problem
According to Organizational Change Chapter One,
It could be said the Police in the United States, Face a Legitimacy problem in the 21st century due to ________________?
To Incidents and tragedies of officer involved Shootings and biased justice practices.
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, what is arguably the pressing, challenges facing police leaders.?
How to adapt to the dynamic and changing needs of the community, while simultaneously remaining creative and innovative in tackling crime and public safety problems
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, it is now less acceptable for police to address crime using a trial-and-error approach. What Management tool are police managers adopting today?
a Strategic management & performance management system for decision making (CompStat)
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, what is CompStat?
It’s a performance management system adopted by police agencies beginning in the 1990’s It integrates community priorities into CompStat as a way to measure community priorities and police impact.
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, what is one way we can understand and tackle modern challenges facing the police?
Learn from police agencies that have invested in and built strong relationships with the communities they serve , and have made substantive change in the organization to do so
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, what is a valuable and important contribution to the future of policing?
Reframing conversations to focus on comprehensive change, using in-depth examples of what worked and how comprehensive change through innovation can make a difference.
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, define organizational theory ?
it’s an insightful and useful source to make sense of police change, as the ideas and concepts from within the organizational discipline offer a variety of views on how and why organizations change and adapt over time
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, when did the study of organizations in other sectors become an area of interest?
In the mid-1900
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, how are case studies created ?
through an integration of multiple views, perspectives, and existing knowledge ,with the goal of describing and accurately explaining how and why something happened the way it did. This can only be done by understanding the contextual circumstance and forces that influenced the dynamics of the case.
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, are case studies of positive change rare ?
yes
According to Organizational Change Chapter One, what kind of information do partitioners need to affect change?
The need to know what worked, under what circumstance, and in what context.
