Police Management

Introduction

The management system of any institution serves as a process for directing and controlling people and work, so that organizational goals are achieved. An integral part of the management system is supervision, which refers to overseeing of people, their performance and behavior in the work environment. This activity tends to take place in all levels of organization with the exception of the level of work. Police management requires constant scrutiny and analysis in terms of making the entire police department an effective and efficient delivery portal of top-class servicing and at the same time working for the improvement and well-being of individuals around the country accordingly. For this paper, and to consider it as an example in terms of leadership roles being played and performed. This paper explores how leadership is perceived from police supervision and analyzes different aspect of police supervision in a theme of leadership. Leadership is a crucial concept in the development of effective organizations (Hacker, pp.26). Just what it consists of and how it should be exercised is the subject of serious study across several disciplines.

Effective leaders motivate their followers to do what is best for the organization. They have the ability to get followers to do work that is well beyond the minimum required of them. Leaders are expected to generate a sense of purpose that both motivates and directs followers so that they voluntarily make meaningful contributions to the organization. The leader is a source of both guidance and inspiration. The elements of police leadership are a vital concern to practitioners in the field. Police executives have been exhorted to recognize that leadership can be exercised at any level of the department.

According to independent studies, effective leadership is exercised by police managers in different ways, depending upon their rank in the department. Senior leadership should spend its time developing and sharing the vision for the organization, charting the journey by establishing strategic objectives and practicing collaboration and delegation of tasks. Police middle managers coordinate and plan, mentor and coach, build teams and empower and reward their subordinates. First-line supervisors provide leadership by example, supervising and training teams while evaluating performance. A management system prevails in almost every organization and institution (More, Miller, pp.87). The supervisory office must apply the principle of wholesome human relations with common sense so that he is able to cater to his subordinates needs and queries (Warrell, pp. 47).

These features stress the need to include and consider all members of the organization as vital to successful police supervision. While it is true that, in recent years, police supervision research significantly increased in volume and quality, a large number of these studies paid particular attention to the managers' characteristics, performance styles, and the challenges which leaders had/have to face when in managerial positions (More, Miller, pp.87).

Police Supervision and Leadership Attributes in United States

From 1978-1982, different studies carried out in United States law enforcement officers, in different managerial training programs, determined that their respondents clearly supported a highly participative leadership style ...