NCJ Number
19278
Journal
Police Journal Volume: 47 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY-SEPTEMBER 1974) Pages: 251-261
Date Published
1974
Length
11 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER CONSIDERS HOW POLICE LABOR CAN BE RENDERED MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE APPRAISAL OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
Abstract
THE MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES SYSTEM OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL ON THE OTHER HAND TENDS TO FOCUS ON THE DISSIMILARITIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A PARTICULAR RANK. IN THIS SENSE, THE INDIVIDUAL, HAVING REGARD TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS SITUATION WHICH IS DETERMINED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, BY THE GEOGRAPHICAL, DEMOGRAPHICAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, INFRASTRUCTURAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS BEAT, SECTION, OR SUB-DIVISION IS ASSESSED ACCORDING TO PREDETERMINED STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE, STANDARDS WHICH WERE NOT IMPOSED ARBITRARILY ON HIM BY THE ORGANIZATION BUT WITH REGARD TO WHICH HE HAD CONTRIBUTED IN A COUNSELING SESSION WITH HIS SUPERIOR AND WHICH HE PERSONALLY HAD AGREED TO ENDEAVOUR TO OBTAIN. A SAMPLE APPRAISAL FORM, ENTITLED A KEY RESULTS ANALYSIS, IS REPRODUCED IN AN APPENDIX. FOR PART ONE, SEE NCJ-13788. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)