Organizational behaviour-analysis the case of Leading Culture Change at New Zealand Police (Parts A and B)

Running head : Changing police culture

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The New Zealand police for the last 30 years has faced an unfriendly and an unprofessional police culture that has infringed on both the rights of fellow police offices and those of the society as a whole This culture of open and fear less sexual misconduct and harassment of women through rape and other forms of sexual assaults . Reports indicate that most of the alleged perpetrators of these violence are high ranking policemen like the police commissioner himself

p In the year 2007 , the police commissioner gave findings on changing the police culture to give confidence to the public on the utility of the New Zealand police

There rests several critical elements that could hinder successful implementation of the recommendations by Margaret Bazley commission

First and foremost , I think the time lapse when the New Zealand police had started committing these types of insults had created a different culture amongst them . Culture in this respect means a shared organizational values and beliefs as well as norms that guide the action of individuals . Most of it was concentrated within the police force itself with policewomen victims of their colleagues . This is a major critical point towards the implementation of the police culture change It therefore needs to be taken on board to achieve results for the New Zealand police and their acceptable conduct

In addition to this , the tradition that what they used to do was right according to them it portrayd a major challenge to abandon such behaviors . Their socialization and mental orientation become a stumbling block to a swift adoption of a crime free police force . Changing a culture is a process that needs time and it goes in steps

The other challenge is engraved on leadership and the wide spread misconduct of the police force across all ranks up to the commissioner This goes ahead to crimes committed in the vicinity of the police commissioner and no action is taken . This confirms that down to the juniors , the situation is incomparable . For there to be positive change I think there must be a radical move that exempts of the alleged victims . The biggest problem now arises on who among them arrests the victims . Organizational culture involves status assumption in organizations with the leaders being assumed to be role models

With the findings of the investigate magazine , it reaffirms that only top ranking police officers were the perpetrators of sexual violence against their colleagues . A police cover is the worst the police can ever trade with on matters of public interest . In most organizations bureaucracy is the and that this cannot be assumed neither altered . This is even terrible because it exist with the top ranking officers since they are the source if information to the public

The lack of a purely independent investigative body of handling police complaints against their fellow officers . It is very hard for the police force to investigate itself on matters of social...