Understanding of Organizational Behavior in Criminal Justice

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Organizational Behavior in the Criminal Justice System

Organizational behavior as a field of study is extremely important in many ways . There are specific areas of organizational behavior that are of particular importance to the criminal justice system . As with any other organization , the strength of its efficient functioning is in its leadership . As a facility whose chief client is the public , the responsibility of leadership rests heavily on their ability to facilitate effective communication between employees within the justice system . Organizational behavior cites the following as necessary

br features of effectively functioning systems within this particular organization : planning , leading , controlling and organizing (OB , 1 :

br 12 . In the criminal justice system this planning is extremely important especially in conjunction with leadership . The leader must at all times have control and planning over their employees . This is important as should there be a slip in planning or organizing the system fails to function properly . As an organization that focuses on services to the public , delivering expertly and professionally executed services are extremely important . As a leader , communication between leaders and employees are an essential aspect when protecting the public , as the responsibility for what sometimes turns out to be peoples lives , is on the shoulders of the leader and their employees

Effective leadership as can be understood as the quality of being able to a good manager (OB , 1 :

11 . This is crucial when realizing that leaders in the criminal justice system are often in positions where their safety is compromised and those under them . Employees need to feel comfortable in their job and when this aspect is considered , the value placed on the employees as stakeholders is necessary for the unification of the organization . The leader has to support the stakeholders who in turn support the clients (OB , 2 :

26 . The clients are obviously the public whom the law-enforcement agencies serve while the stakeholders are those that function as the immediate service to the clients . Leaders as far as criminal justice is concerned can be as highly influential as parliamentary representatives who also function heavily in the unified contingency of the law enforcement faculty as a whole

Employees in the criminal justice organization are considered to be human capital and as far as this particular organization is concerned it is their wealth . Without the employees risking their lives and sanity on a daily basis , criminal justice has nothing . Since the employee base is large , effective leaders who value their employees may be the keystone to organization . Intellectual capital (OB . 2 :

27 ) in the criminal justice system refers to those within the taskforce whose expertise are essential to the functioning of the system . This may include forensic experts , entomological specialists and crime scene investigators , all of who hold specific intellectual roles within the law-enforcement agency

For years the criminal justice system has been shrouded with gender specificity . Seeing more men employed in the taskforce than women . As a matter of opportunity as law-enforcers , and this is...