NCJ Number
191118
Journal
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Volume: 70 Issue: 9 Dated: September 2001 Pages: 14-19
Date Published
September 2001
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This article examines organizational development in a law enforcement environment.
Abstract
Today's law enforcement organizations engage new organizational practices that focus on empowerment, teamwork, and participative management. Implementation of these concepts is a challenge, as law enforcement predominantly still uses old models of bureaucratic design, with power centered at the top. Organizational development (OD) implementation by the Florida Department of Insurance, Treasury and Fire Marshal's Division of Fraud (DIF) serves as a learning ground and model for law enforcement agencies. OD is a model designed for planned, systematic, and ongoing problem- and action-oriented processes that focus on both technical and human improvement within the organization. One seminal feature of OD is its use of action research, or actual field research, with a continuous cycle of diagnostics: data gathering, analysis, planning, implementation, and feedback. The Division of Fraud has shown that using models of progressive leadership that challenge the process, inspire a shared vision, and enable others to act is useful in a law enforcement environment. Figure, notes