HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: REQUIREMENTS, RESULTS, TASKS AT THE POLICE FORCES (FROM SOCIAL CHANGE, CRIME AND POLICE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, JUNE 1-4, 1992, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, P 293-300, 1993, JOZSEF VIGH AND GEZA KATONA, EDS. -- SEE NCJ-144794)

• NCJ Number: 144823
• Author(s): B Sebesi
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: Eotvos Lorand University
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: Hungary

Annotation

This study examines human resource management in the Hungarian police and suggests ways in which to improve police productivity.

Abstract

Improved human resource management involves better personnel selection, the modernization of police training, management training for front line supervisors, the development of motivational strategies, and analysis and resolution of personnel and organizational conflicts. Police productivity involves an increase in public safety, which is related to a decrease in crime. If police are to use their resources to the maximum, there must be a clear law enforcement strategy that involves the delineation of aims, requirements, and methods. Every deployment of human resources must then serve specified aims. Other factors significant in police productivity are the proper balance of centralization and decentralization and improved motivation through rewards based on excellence in performance. There is evidence that the Hungarian police have improved their productivity through the various means suggested. The number of investigations and arrests has increased significantly through the use of enlightened methods of human resource management.