NCJ Number
182982
Journal
Gazette Volume: 62 Issue: 1 Dated: 2000 Pages: 6-18
Date Published
2000
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This article discusses managing changes in police organizations as they prepare for the 21st century.
Abstract
The seven stages of managing changes in police organizations include: (1) identifying future challenges (including development and exploitation of information technology and Internet-based communication and commerce, globalization and expansion of human rights); (2) organizational assessment and change; (3) developing strategies and plans; (4) implementing strategies and plans; (5) sustaining impetus, adapting and creating the learning organization; (6) providing dynamic leadership; and (7) community policing. Managing change in a police organization requires thinking strategically and planning for the short, the medium, and the long-term. In police organizations in particular it is difficult to maintain this perspective because present circumstances and the unexpected constantly compete for attention. Nonetheless, it is important that police agencies maintain a futuristic view because anticipating change provides more time to adjust to it. Bibliography, notes