Organizational Perspectives On Leadership From Fields Outside Of Criminal Justice

Given the state of the leadership roles and research conducted in both the police and correctional organizations, the authors recommend that the issues be addressed by future researchers. They were able to come up with a few solutions researchers could probably use. First there needs to be additional research on how criminal justice administrators actually lead their organizations (Stojkovic, Kalinich, Klofas 2015 p.211). Second, the contemporary models of leadership offered by organizational behavior theory need to be examined. The Contingency approaches should also be examined in relation to criminal justice organizations, along with refinement of instruments, which is able to test these theories in the criminal justice environment (Stojkovic, Kalinich, Klofas 2015 p.211). Third, there needs to be use of methodologies to look at the intricacies associated with the leadership process, in order to fully understand the leadership phenomenon in criminal justice (Stojkovic, Kalinich, Klofas 2015 p.211). Lastly, the focus of the expectations from our

Due to generational differences between the new recruits and existing officers, there is a growing absence of institutional leadership within departments that is not only harming the longevity of their careers, but it is hurting their community. Aside from other externalities that stem from a career in law enforcement,

“Lack of leadership competency is often the most critical obstacle to successful police projects” (Yang, 2012, p. 535).

Thirdly, work overload can provoke stress mainly because an individual has a lot of tasks to complete in a short period of time. Both Marie and the President of Chemplus Inc. had this issue because they constantly needed to solve problems. In the case of Marie, she had to supervise Alex for a certain period a time which alter her own work schedule. For Harry, he had to replace the Halifax’s manager because he was sick which is problematic because a President of a company should not fill in as a

According to Hayes & Weathington (2007) people who work in the service industries are constantly confronted with stressful work circumstances. As Hayes & Weathington (2007) mention managers of restaurants tend to deal with stress daily. This is true because they deal with multipronged unforeseen issues on any given day. Those issues can range from issues such as displeased customers to maintaining the standard of the restaurant (Hayes & Weathington, 2007). Dealing with stressful issues on daily occurrences can be deteriorating mentally and physically over time, resulting in many unpleasant reactions (Hayes & Weathington, 2007).

This article makes the point that police work has been seen as job that has become very stressful. In the eyes of the author it has turned into a profession that has high levels of stress that are causing the police officers to act out of character. It also state that there are also long term effects that these officers go through and are having everyday as they deal with the job. This article explores the idea if stress remains a constant. It also explores the fact rather or not if it increases or decreases over so many years. Does this affect their career down the road and also their personal life as well?

This was an intensive twenty-two week course that prepares law enforcement managers for senior positions by uniquely combining academic principles with practical applications. I studied communication skills, employee performance appraisal, contemporary policing, motivational principles, managing the problem employee, employee relations, planning and decision making, the disciplinary process, ethics, professionalism and community image, media relations, project management, statistics, etc. I learned how to overcome contemporary leadership challenges and focused on understanding human behavior and day-to-day work relationships with subordinates, superiors and the public. This program helped me develop my leadership model to navigate today's changing law enforcement environment. I successfully completed the course with a 4.0 GPA. I also received praise from a number of instructors and was asked by one professor if he could share some of my work with future classes.

Cronkhite, C. L. (2013). Law enforcement and justice administration: Strategies for the 21st century (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett

Throughout the semester we talked about change, leadership and the ability to influence change. As a prerequisite to writing this paper, we had to interview a faculty or staff member who influences change in their profession or field. This lieutenant immediately came to mind. He is an alumni of Buffalo State and is currently the lieutenant with the University Police at Buffalo State. He received his bachelor’s degree of science in Criminal Justice. During his undergrad years, he was placed on the Dean’s List numerous times. He started as a University Police Officer and was later promoted to lieutenant. Last year, he was nominated for the Professional Service Award, following a hit-and-run incident involving a driver who struck a student at

Throughout the history of law enforcement, leaders have used many different styles to lead employees. From the early styles of Autocratic and Laissez-Faire to Participative (democratic), Transactional and Transformational leadership. Leadership within policing has evolved over the years in some organizations to a more participative style and yet there are still leaders who cling to an antiquated domineering style. Nothing is further from the truth than the events in the city of Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson unrest (also referred to just as Ferguson) was a series of protests and civil disorder that began the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer on August

By taking the the list of occupations at face value, I would assume or expect that individuals with roles in management, business or administration would self-report a lower stress level compared to their peers

Despite this, most individuals in the managerial roles have little knowledge about the psychological impacts of effective leadership. Law enforcement entails going through the transition and this can be practiced in police leadership as it is an essential part of evolution for leaders in law enforcement.

Several authors, Van der Lippe (2207), Mishra (2011), Shivaprasad (2013) write that workplace pressure is an unavoidable factor of living and working in the contemporary world. A reasonable amount of pressure at an acceptable level will have the tendency to keep workers alert, motivated and willing to learn. However, there are times when the pressure may become too much and this may lead to stress.

Leaders must be able to accept change. The criminal justice system is constantly dealing with new situations that requires individuals to know how to deal with change. Unfortunately, the FBI reported that the law enforcement often frowns upon those who try to change things and that there is a "tremendous" emphasis to "do the job the way it 's always been done". Law enforcement officers aren 't encouraged to

Now that a definition and model of stress have been presented, this paper will focus on the causes of stress, known as stressors, as it