F.L.E.M. Ch. 1 Flashcards
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Structure through which people work as a groups.
Organization
Leading, Directing and Controlling are
A Supervisor’s Job.
Gulick’s P.O.S.D.C.O.R.B.
Planning Organizing Staffing Directing Coordinating Reporting Budgeting
Planning
-Procedural
Day to Day tasks
SOPs
Planning
-Tactical
Civil Disorders
Major Disasters
Planning
-Operational
Normal Police Activities
Planning
-Auxilary
Recruitment
Community Relations
Planning
-Fiscal
Budgets
Planning
-Policies
Guide Personel and Organization objectives
Planning
-Rules and Regs
Guides to Conduct abd Preformance
6 Parts of Planning
- Organizing
- Staffing
- Directing
- Coordinating
- Reporting
- Budgeting
3 Basic Organizational Structures
- Line (Oldest, Top to Bottom)
- Functional (Rare, Many Supervisors)
- Line and Staff (Uses Units with Direct Supervisors)
4 Parts of Division of Work
- Function (What are you doing?)
- Area (Sectors)
- Clientele (Youth Services, Aged, ect)
- Purpose (Public Relations, Traffic)
Alford on Specialization and Productivity
“Assign fewest kinds of tasks to improve QUALITY of work and increase QUANTITY of work.
Define Unity of Command
Every employee is under direct command but under one supervisor
Define Span of Control
Relates to the number of subordinates who can be supervised EFFECTIVLY by one supervisor
Delegation Issues
- If you don’t delegate there WILL be issues/Problems
- Delegation does NOT negate the supervisor’s responsabilites
If you don’t delegate you will never…
- Appreciate its value
- Avoid routine tasks
- Know the capacity/skills of subordiates
Why delegate?
- Develop Staff to take over when you are not there
- So you don’t fear if they do it better
What is the Exception Principal?
Head of unit should find it NOT necessary to act on each matter, rather only the Exceptional ones.
What is Completed Staff Work?
If all is right, all the supervisor has to do is APPROVE.
