CRJU 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Organizational Communication, Municipal Police, Officemax
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Commission on accreditation for law enforcement agencies (calea): Organizations: arranging and utilizing resources of personnel and material in such a way as to attain specified objectives. Entities of two or more people who cooperate to accomplish an objective. Bureau (french) is a desk or by extension an office. Bureaucracy is rule conducted from a desk or office. Max weber, german sociologist wrote that bureaucracies generally adhere to these principles: specialization: principle of fixed jurisdictional areas, every bureaucracy has its own specialized area. Communication is one of the most important dynamics of an organization. Communication is done by electronic mail, websites, fax, cellphones etc. Private thoughts take place 4 times faster than spoken word. Lack of communication is the primary problem in administration. Lack of communication is the primary complaint of employees about their immediate supervisors. More tha(cid:374) 50% of a (cid:373)a(cid:374)ager"s ti(cid:373)e is spe(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)ati(cid:374)g.
