NCJ Number
83284
Date Published
Unknown
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0 pages
Annotation
The training session in leadership skills for community crime prevention discusses the components of organization management systems (planning, monitoring, and evaluation), steps in the action planning process, and the process of planning for change. It is conducted by representatives of the Center for Community Change.
Abstract
Planning is a process for determining four factors: where the organization is, where it wants to go, how it is going to get there, and how the organization will know when it has arrived. Steps in the action planning process include identifying the problem and what elements the organization wants to change, listing factors that keep this condition in its current status, analyzing factors to determine what can realistically be changed, setting goals and objectives, designing a strategy to reach those objectives, and developing a timeable. Final steps are monitoring the program, evaluating the results, and starting the entire process over again. The planning process to change the existing social structure involves creating an awareness of the idea in the community and gradually having the idea become integrated into people's daily activities (i.e., incorporating crime prevention measures into their daily routines). Individuals may resist change if it poses a threat to the established social order, to vested interests, or to those persons who feel more comfortable with what they already know. The advantages and disadvantages of several approaches to involvement in the planning process within an organization are discussed. For discussion of program evaluation, see NCJ 83285.