Leadership skills in policing / Colin Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Colin, 1955-

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

Blackstone's practical policing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police administration.

Leadership.

Police--Supervision of.

Police.

Communication in management.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

x, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

A framework for leading the police

Introduction to leadership

Introduction

Why is leadership important?

What is meant by leadership?

Some basic leadership theories

Transactional and transformational leadership for police

Police reform and its challenges for police leaders

Other important areas

Summing up

Management structures within the police service

Rank and structure within the police service

Governance and accountability

The general system of promotion

Other important police groups

Staff associations

Other staff associations

Performance management

Leading in times of change

Types of change

External and internal forces for change

Responses to change

Some reasons why colleagues are concerned with change

Dealing with the implementation of change

Organizational culture and change

An example of change - the National Workforce Modernisation Programme

Supporting leadership

Leading from the front

The ability to lead

Winning respect

Winning confidence of others

The importance of loyalty

The role of morale

Developing individuals

Time keeping and time management

Time management and paperwork

Decision-making and the stages involved

Involving others in decision-making

Indecision

Decision-making checklist

Communicating decisions

Following up your decision

Conclusion

Ethical leadership

Customers

Ethics

Policing a complex society

Prejudice and discrimination

Institutional racism

Identifying a racist, homophobic incident, or hate crime

The police code of conduct

The work of the Independent Police Complaints Commission

Significant events

Legislative framework

Meetings

Meeting customers' needs

Partnerships and community together meetings

The importance of meetings

Costs and benefits of meetings

Is the meeting really necessary?

Effective meetings

Informal meetings

Effective control of meetings

Leading a meeting

Starting the meeting

Disruption in meetings

People

Personal development review meetings with staff

Practical leadership

Communication skills for leaders

The communication process

Becoming a more effective communicator

Counselling and counselling skills in the workplace

Assertiveness and communication

Presentations

Report writing

Motivating staff

Defining motivation

Motivational theories

Motivation through job enrichment

Practical motivation

Motivating people in teams

Dealing with staff issues

Staff welfare and a healthy work environment

Responsibilities

Targets

Force planning

Causes of absence from work

Creating a healthy environment

The Employment Act 2002

Controlling stress

Personal crises

Police-related incidents

Dealing with conflict

Leadership in policing teams

What is a team?

Delegation to team members

High performing teams

Neighbourhood policing and teams

The extended policing family

Citizen-focused policing

The problem-solving approach

The SARA model of analysis

Policing signal crimes

Leading operations

The role of gold, silver, and bronze

Specialist units in the police

Why do the police mount pre-planned operations?

The national intelligence model

Using SCENE and CHALET for unplanned events

Pre-planned operational information

Principle objectives in firearms incidents

Handing over

Debriefing operations

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780199539512

0199539510

OCLC:

213857493