Discuss in detail the problems with the prevailing bureaucratic model used in poling in regard to Operations, Employees and Consumers. How might effective police leaders alleviate the problems created by this bureaucracy?
The Police organization are structured using the bureaucratic model which means that it has a pyramidal command structure. This structure uses a high level of formality in the way it operates, and this allow decisions to be made through an organized process. Within the bureaucratically designed model, personnel are horizontally structured in an effort to separate officers based on their respective roles and responsibilities. Authority and responsibility is distributed base on rank and assignments. Although this structure …show more content…
Although the titles may vary depending upon the agency, the general structure is typically spear-headed by a Superintendent or Chief that oversees the entire Police organization. This is followed by Majors or Deputy Chiefs who handles the broad administrative functions throughout the agency. On the units and division level are the Commanders and Captains who are responsible for their particular precincts. Below this command staff are the Sergeants and lieutenants who are responsible for the day to day interactions with the line officers.
Joseph A. Shafer’s textbook Effective Leadership in Police Management (pg. 19) relates that the bureaucratic structure along with the absence of strong leadership and effective administrative practices also allows the opportunity for corruption, abuse of authority, use of force, police crimes, and civil rights violations (Pursley 1974). The lack of leadership and administration will effective Operations, Employees and Consumers and the organization will all suffer as a …show more content…
Promotions within the organization was politically motivated or assess by testing leaving employees who lack these formalities to feel that their formal knowledge outweighed their qualifying skill level. In Operations, officers quickly reached the top of their pay scale leaving motivation for promotional advancement as a tool to increase pay and not leadership responsibilities. An finally, the strict focus Degree holding employees who were trained to maximize their creativity and utilize their diversity was discouraged to do so outside of report writing. Problems prevailed in the bureaucratic model used in poling in regard to Consumers as well. The police bureaucracy failed to admit flaws in the structure created by the bureaucratic mode. Ultimately the citizens, who are the Consumers in this case are the ones who are mostly affected. The officer’s limited actions and discretion is problematic because the policy and procedures of the bureaucracy bounds the officers flexibility in certain situations for the Consumer. The traditional structure of the bureaucracy works against the object of providing consumers with accessible services (Pg.
The Police organization are structured using the bureaucratic model which means that it has a pyramidal command structure. This structure uses a high level of formality in the way it operates, and this allow decisions to be made through an organized process. Within the bureaucratically designed model, personnel are horizontally structured in an effort to separate officers based on their respective roles and responsibilities. Authority and responsibility is distributed base on rank and assignments. Although this structure …show more content…
Although the titles may vary depending upon the agency, the general structure is typically spear-headed by a Superintendent or Chief that oversees the entire Police organization. This is followed by Majors or Deputy Chiefs who handles the broad administrative functions throughout the agency. On the units and division level are the Commanders and Captains who are responsible for their particular precincts. Below this command staff are the Sergeants and lieutenants who are responsible for the day to day interactions with the line officers.
Joseph A. Shafer’s textbook Effective Leadership in Police Management (pg. 19) relates that the bureaucratic structure along with the absence of strong leadership and effective administrative practices also allows the opportunity for corruption, abuse of authority, use of force, police crimes, and civil rights violations (Pursley 1974). The lack of leadership and administration will effective Operations, Employees and Consumers and the organization will all suffer as a …show more content…
Promotions within the organization was politically motivated or assess by testing leaving employees who lack these formalities to feel that their formal knowledge outweighed their qualifying skill level. In Operations, officers quickly reached the top of their pay scale leaving motivation for promotional advancement as a tool to increase pay and not leadership responsibilities. An finally, the strict focus Degree holding employees who were trained to maximize their creativity and utilize their diversity was discouraged to do so outside of report writing. Problems prevailed in the bureaucratic model used in poling in regard to Consumers as well. The police bureaucracy failed to admit flaws in the structure created by the bureaucratic mode. Ultimately the citizens, who are the Consumers in this case are the ones who are mostly affected. The officer’s limited actions and discretion is problematic because the policy and procedures of the bureaucracy bounds the officers flexibility in certain situations for the Consumer. The traditional structure of the bureaucracy works against the object of providing consumers with accessible services (Pg.