Due 12/28

For this unit’s Complete assignment, write a comprehensive scholarly essay ( minimum 1500 words) in which you analyze, explain, and apply these concepts in the context of a criminal justice organizational issue. You must incorporate and cite, using correct APA citation format, at least (4) four different scholarly research sources. In-line citations must be used in the body of your essay, and all research sources must be fully cited at the conclusion of your essay. Correct APA citation formats must be used.

The following elements should be included in your essay:

Part of the process of reforming the criminal justice system requires changes to the organizational culture of the individual criminal justice agencies which make up the system. Choose a hypothetical example from either a law enforcement or correctional agency and discuss specific ways to change the culture to achieve better criminal justice outcomes. These outcomes can be internal or external to the agency.  Using concepts from this week’s Read and Attend sections: •    Discuss in general terms how the culture of an agency can negatively influence desired criminal justice outcomes.  •    Identify three specific areas where the criminal justice outcomes or performance measures for the hypothetical agency you chose that need to change or improve.  •    Describe how the socialization process for new members of the agency should be changed to better align with these desired outcomes for the agency.  •    Discuss the role of power and authority for criminal justice practitioners.  How can agencies better train members to use their legitimate power and authority to achieve the desired criminal justice outcomes?  •    Discuss the role of the political process in prioritizing which criminal justice outcomes should be focused on by practitioners.  How best can the agency leaders respond and adapt to this process?

For this unit’s Complete assignment, write a comprehensive scholarly essay ( minimum 1500 words) in which you analyze, explain, and apply these concepts in the context of a criminal justice organizational issue. You must incorporate and cite, using correct APA citation format, at least (4) four different scholarly research sources. In-line citations must be used in the body of your essay, and all research sources must be fully cited at the conclusion of your essay. Correct APA citation formats must be used.

The following elements should be included in your essay:

This week’s Read section discusses organizational conflict. Conflict is a naturally occurring part of any organization. Leaders must manage conflict effectively to ensure that the conflict does not adversely affect organizational performance or employee morale. Decision making is also a significant part of the role of a leader. Provide examples from your experience where you dealt with or witnessed conflict in an organizational setting. Then discuss a decision that you have had to make in an organizational setting. You do not have to identify the individuals or the organization specifically. Just provide sufficient detail to orient the reader to the type of organization and the roles of those involved. 

•    Discuss the nature of the conflict. Using terms and concepts from the readings identify the type of conflict. What effect did the conflict have on the organization?  •    Describe how the conflict was managed by the organization. Do you believe that the situation was handled effectively?  •    Elaborate on how you would have handled this conflict differently. •    Discuss the decision-making process outlined in the text. Then apply this process to a decision you have had to make in an organizational setting. •    What aspects of the decision-making process did you use to make your choice?  How could the process outlined in the text have been used to make your decision more effectively?

For this unit’s Complete assignment, write a comprehensive scholarly essay ( minimum 1500 words) in which you analyze, explain, and apply these concepts in the context of a criminal justice organizational issue. You must incorporate and cite, using correct APA citation format, at least (4) four different scholarly research sources. In-line citations must be used in the body of your essay, and all research sources must be fully cited at the conclusion of your essay. Correct APA citation formats must be used.

In-line citations must be used in the body of your essay, and all research sources must be fully cited at the conclusion of your essay. Correct APA citation formats must be used.

The following elements should be included in your essay:

You are a governmental manager who is responsible for supervising a chief executive of a criminal justice agency (You can choose either law enforcement or corrections).  You have just been forced to fire that executive for their leadership lapses which led to a scandal involving misconduct by their employees. You need to hire a replacement to restore confidence from both the community and the members of the department.   •    Using the concepts from this week’s Read sections draft a job description that will be part of the job advertisement for hiring the new chief executive for the agency.  •    Discuss what leadership traits you will be looking for in the newly hired chief executive. Incorporate discussion of the leadership theories from our text to support these choices.  •    What types of experience should this person possess to be successful in this new executive position? •    Describe how you will evaluate this new executive after one year on the job.  What performance measures do you intend to measure to assess their effectiveness as a leader. Provide four specific areas that you will expect to see improvement in the leadership of the agency. How will you measure these areas?

Write a 1500 word minimum COMPREHENSIVE APA analysis paper including knowledge you gained from the Read and Attend resources throughout the course (including Unit 7) to address the questions and statements below. A minimum of four scholarly sources are required, and all sources should be cited and referenced in APA format.  Do not self-plagiarize from the previous weeks.

For support formatting the APA analysis paper, refer to the APA Template under the Resource tab or contact the CPS Librarians. Please refer to the grading rubric for guidance. Upon completion, papers should be posted to the Unit Seven Dropbox for grading.

The following elements should be included in your essay:

This week’s Attend and Read sections discuss the concepts of organizational effectiveness and change and innovation. These are critical aspects of an organization’s development and growth.  The dilemma in the criminal justice system is how best to measure organizational effectiveness and then use organizational change and innovation to achieve the desired outcomes to truly be “effective”. Choose either a correctional (community or institutional) or law enforcement example and respond to the following questions:

•    Elaborate on the historical problems with measuring organizational effectiveness in your chosen area of the criminal justice system. What specific variables have been used to quantify effectiveness?  •    Discuss what other variables might be more valid and reliable measures of effectiveness. Provide support as to why these variables are more reliable or valid. •    Discuss how your criminal justice organization (law enforcement or correctional) should organizationally change to achieve the desired outcomes you have identified. What innovations would you employ to achieve this change?  •    Discuss three specific areas of change that would need to occur. Be specific and include ways to measure the effectiveness of these changes.