Expectations of a First-Line Supervisor in a Law Enforcement Agency By Daniel Parra Supervision in the Criminal Justice Field Professor Chavez May 15‚ 2013 Abstract The first-line supervisor in law enforcement is commonly referred to as a Sergeant. These positions are of great importance to a law enforcement agency. There are many pros and cons to becoming a first-line supervisor. These positions are tasked with the expectation of maintaining a level of balance within the patrol ranks
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philosophy: “hire people smarter then you are and get out of their way” . It tells me a lot about his management style and his business approach. In 2008 when Howard Schultz returned to CEO position‚ company had to change its HRM policy drastically. While losing money‚ Schultz decided to reduce his salary to $1 and totally cut off management bonuses due to a financial poor performance. Moneyball at Starbucks‚ these words were said by head of HR at Starbucks‚ meaning he wants to use analytics to
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indicated that using HR practices‚ such as training and development‚ performance appraisal‚ information sharing or participation‚ in HRM will in a certain term improve HRM outcomes (Connie Zheng‚ Mark Morrison & Grant O’Neill‚ 2006: 50). However‚ with the development of Human Resource Management‚ HR practices are no longer just be used by HR managers‚ increasing line managers are required to execute HR practices at the same time. Thus this article will focus on why growing line managers involved in HRM
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Few of the important challenges are: 1) Global Perspective – Technological change Current Globality era requires HR professionals of all industries to have a global perspective to cater the needs of managing resources in optimal way. Due to global talent crunch‚ they are bound to look beyond traditional ways of hiring and retaining resources. This necessitates knowing what companies need‚ what kind of skill set required and their experience level to justify the requirement. 2) Culture of Sharing
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The classical management functions as per Fayol (1949)‚ define a managers work to be the one pertaining to planning‚ organizing‚ commanding‚ coordinating and controlling. Over the period of time‚ multiple managerial books and academic journals have been based on the subdivisions of these five principles as per the theories of Miner (1971). But Mintzberg (1975) questioned Fayol’s classical managements functions and devised his own typology‚ which‚ like the classical functions‚ was gradually implemented
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The Essential Functions of a Project Manager A project manager (PM) is a facilitator. The ideal project manager does whatever it takes to ensure that the members of the project team can do their work. This means working with management to ensure they provide the resources and support required as well as dealing with team issues that are negatively impacting a team ’s productivity. The project manager must possess a combination of skills including the ability to ask penetrating questions‚ identify
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IHRM Q.3 - Based on the in-class discussions‚ identify at least three HR functions/activities that have undergone significant changes in the past decades. How have these changes influenced the role and the job itself of the HR manager? Given the changing environments and requirements in many organizations‚ it is not surprising that the expectations of the Human Resources function are changing. Traditionally‚ HR has been responsible for transactional and administrative activities such as recruitment
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The role of a supervisor can differ from upper or middle management. Supervisors will usually carry out a specific task that they have expertise in or have some form of education. Supervisors usually ensure that work has been completed. Usually‚ those with leadership qualities gravitate a natural flow with their subordinates. Supervisors have to facilitate the achievements and goals of their subordinates and make them accountable for their performances. Supervisors make the recommendation for improvements
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necessities have been established‚ the company will have to compare them with the availabilities‚ that is to say‚ with the number of current employees. This will determine the number and type of employees that must be hired. On the contrary‚ if executives/managers/owners observe that in some areas or departments are surpluses‚ will the possibility of reassigning staff to other positions‚ previously made the necessary training. If there are no possible reallocations‚ the final decision for those people will
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his case. Sohee ran as far away as her legs could take her. She left Kwangsoo calling him a freak of nature wanting nothing from him or his family. Three months later‚ Kitae Ahn was born into the world and immediately put up for adoption. As luck would have it‚Riley was adopted by the O’Rourkes. His “father” ringleader was Angus O’Rourke and his wife Mallory O’Rourke. Unlike the typical parent ‚ Ringleader O’Rourke immediately attempted to get Riley adjusted to circus life. He showed Riley around
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