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Managing Police Organizations

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ISBN-10: 0132978318

ISBN-13: 9780132978316

Edition: 8th 2014

Authors: Paul Whisenand, Jennifer McCain

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The indispensible guide for leading police personnel to breakthrough performance. Now in its eighth edition, Managing Police Organizations sets the standard for police leadership and management by exploring the relationship between leadership, management, and results. Written for a broad audience, the book focuses on developing character and leadership competencies. Using case studies and structured learning exercises, it seeks to break down constricting operational levels and barriers within police organizations and the communities they serve. The text follows a logical three-part organization and each chapter examines a key challenge for police managers and presents practical ideas…    
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Book details

List price: $206.65
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 2/18/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 7.35" wide x 9.15" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 1.166

Preface
Decisions
Choices
Space
Character and Competency
Management and Leadership
Character-Driven Decisions: Seven Reasons for Making Them
Five Intelligences
Five Rules for Making a Decision
The Decision-Making Process: Six Steps
Centerpiece
Leadership
Integrity
Ethics Versus Values
Values
Values: What They Are, Where They Come From, and How We Can Change Them
Identifying Our Values
We Are What We Value and …
Values: What They Provide for Us
Accountability
Optimism
Ethics
Ethical Challenges
There Is No Such Thing as Police Ethics
Courageous Choices
Three Approaches
Ethical Dilemmas
Don't Pee in the Pool
Vision
Why Police Managers Get into Trouble!
Vision
Strategy
Culture
Prospection
Communications
The Four Main Reasons for Communications
Formal Channels
Informal Channels
Four Directions
Number of Messages
Kinds of Messages
Artful Listening
Three Issues in the Information Age
Empowerment
We Don't Act on What We Know
Really Opening Up
Ducking
Believing
Pay
Misunderstanding
All or None
The "E" Formula
How Do I Know?
When Not to Empower
Falling up
Well-Being
Where Does Work Fit into Your Life
Your Well-Being and the Weil-Being of Others
Career Well-Being
Social Well-Being
Financial Well-Being
Physical Well-Being
Community Well-Being
Perma = Achieving Well-Being
We All Can Say "Yes"
Teamwork
A Reminder
Team Dysfunctions
Team Functions
Teams that Thrive: Three Synergies
Accountability
Management Principles
Time Management
The Total You
Tyranny of the Urgent
Four Generations of Time Management
On Becoming a Category-B Police Leader
Activation Energy
Problem Employees/Problem Bosses
We Choose Our Behavior
How?
Drawing the Lines!
What Lines?
Types of Problems
Helping the Problem Employee
Discipline
Problem Bosses
Politics
Governance
The News Media
The Dark Side of Political Relations
The Bright Side of Politics
Police Associations and Unions
The Justice System
Special Interest Groups
Internal Politics
Survival: "Footsteps"
Unions
The Right to Strike
The Police Employee Bill of Rights
Work Stoppage and Job Actions
Negotiations
Quality of Working Life
Eliminating Surprises and Reducing Conflict
A Model Approach
Budget
Revenues
Budget Principles
The Budget as Law
Fund Accounting
Budget Designs
Risk Management
The Best Approach
Results
Community- and Problem-Oriented Policing
Service
Community Partnership
Organizational Transformation
Problem Solving
Problem-Oriented Policing
Service Plus
Organizing
Control
The Bureaucratic Organization
The Agile Organization and Management by Objectives
Performance
The Measurables
Measuring
What Really Counts?
What's Acceptable?
Strengths-Based Success = Outstanding Performance
Index