POLS 4900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Near-Sightedness, Groupthink, Decision-Making
5 May 2018
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-The budget process
-Budget
-Financial or fiscal plan for the department
-Describes what the organization does, provides a rationale for why activities are
performed by the organization, and establishes priorities by allocating resources
to organizational areas and activities
-Preparation and submission
-Approval
-Must be approved by legislative body
-Execution
-The adopted budget is a contract between the government and the police
agency, and the police administrator is responsible for using the funds
appropriately
-Audit
-Final stage whereby auditors ensure that all money is spent appropriately
-Coduted y ity’s fiae depatet o the ity’s aage’s offie
-Decision making errors
-Cognitive nearsightedness
-Making assumptions based on the past
-Oversimplification
-Overreliance on experience
-Preconceived notions
-Unwillingness to experiment
-Reluctance to decide
-Groupthink
-Change
-What precipitates large scale change in LE agencies? Why is it often needed?
-What are the goals of planned change?
-What is ogaizatioal deelopet ad hat halleges do Chage agets fae i
planning and directing change?
-What is change?
-adoption of a new idea of behavior by an organization (162)
-OR, a depatue fo the status uo. It iplies oeet toads a goal
-Why does change occur?
-PD seen as inept or deficient
-Police community relations emergency
-Misconduct, scandal, or other wrongdoing
-Morale issue
-462
-Need assaulted via self audit, or external consultants
-463
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Document Summary
Describes what the organization does, provides a rationale for why activities are performed by the organization, and establishes priorities by allocating resources to organizational areas and activities. The adopted budget is a contract between the government and the police agency, and the police administrator is responsible for using the funds appropriately. Final stage whereby auditors ensure that all money is spent appropriately. Co(cid:374)du(cid:272)ted (cid:271)y (cid:272)ity"s fi(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e depa(cid:396)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)t o(cid:396) the (cid:272)ity"s (cid:373)a(cid:374)age(cid:396)"s offi(cid:272)e. Adoption of a new idea of behavior by an organization (162) Need assaulted via self audit, or external consultants. Gap between organizational performance that is expected or needed and the actual performance. Exists when police are not performing at the level community wants them to. Make a change when change will measurably improve the agency. Climate for change determines the ability to make change. Identify as many strategies as possible to reduce problem.
