Category: Management

Improving your local law enforcement organization.

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Chapter 10 explains that many crisis situations are the result of poor ethical decisions in an organization. It recommends that the organizational culture be changed to improve the ethical climate of the agency. Using the suggestions on how to change the culture, identify what steps could be taken to improve your local law enforcement organization. If you believe that there is no reason for culture change, explain why using the same steps and identify why you believe the organization is prepared.

The importance of communication during a crisis.

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Chapter 8 of the text explains the importance of communication during a crisis. With social media, the landscape of communication has changed. Using the Boston Marathon Bombing communication response, explain how the Boston Police Department used social media in that crisis. Why was their strategy so successful and impactful?

 

 

The basic organizational and hierarchical structure of a police agency

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What elements of a police agency make it a bureaucratic organization? What are the elements and purposes of the basic organizational and hierarchical structure of a police agency? What is meant by the terms “chain of command,” “unity of command,” and “span of control”? Is a paramilitary structure still effective for police operations today? If not, identify and describe an alternative approach.

Organizational behavior (OB)

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Introduce your concentration—that is, organizational behavior (OB)—by providing a detailed description of the field to an audience that has no knowledge of the topic.

For OB, be sure to include the following:

The definition of OB

Human behaviors in organizations, organizational behavior, and the individual organization interface

Employment opportunities in the field

Multifaceted Performers

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Consider the importance of MTV in the careers of so many musicians who rose to fame in the 1980s. For this discussion, choose either Michael Jackson or Madonna, both of whom were considered multifaceted performers who rise to stardom was the direct result of MTV. Use the mashup tool to post one of their videos and respond to the following:

Do you think that the importance of the visual medium, in this case, MTV, was a positive or negative development in the music industry?
Were there any controversies associated with the video you chose? If so, what were they?
Do you think that music videos help encourage performing artists to be more multifaceted? Or do you think that it detracts from the quality of the music by placing so much emphasis on non-musical elements?

 

 

 

 

Characterizing conflict

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Bring to mind a specific conflict that interests you. It should be one in which you have been involved, witnessed, or heard about which has not been successfully addressed.
How you would characterize conflict and your primary beliefs and attitudes about it?

Understanding of the concepts in decision making

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To further your understanding of the concepts in decision making, find a research article that discusses theories of decision making.

In 750-1,000 words, provide a critical analysis of this article including overall outcomes, strengths and limitations, and areas for future research. Provide a rationale for why this is an important article to the field. Use three or four scholarly resources to support your explanations.

The similarities and differences between four approaches to conflict resolution

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In your Assignment, you examined the similarities and differences between four approaches to conflict resolution: negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and arbitration. You then applied the approach that you judged to be most fitting to a conflict of your choosing. In this Discussion, you will describe your conflict to your fellow classmates, apply the approach you selected as the most fitting to resolve it, and explain why you selected the approach.