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Approaches to Improving Organizational Effectiveness: The Impact of Attraction, Selection and Leadership Practices in Policing

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The performance of police has come under increasing scrutiny in the previous few decades. The expectations placed on police organizations and their employees, driven by the goals pursuing optimal effectiveness and efficiency, have shifted along with demands for significant programmatic, technological, administrative and strategic innovation (Braga & Weisburd, 2006; Moore, Sparrow, & Spelman, 1997). Analogous with changes in police practice, modern police organizations must embrace contemporary standards of organizational functioning, leadership and performance management. In essence, police organizations need to operate according to accountability and governance frameworks, similar to other complex organizations (Casey & Mitchell, 2007):

The extent to which police executives and operational police officers create beneficial changes within their organizations to accommodate the evolving demands will not only determine the ultimate success and failure of policing as an institution, but will say a great deal about the quality and determination of police leadership….

(Henry, 2003, p. 151)

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  1. Jacqueline M. Drew
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  1. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, Griffith University, Australia

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Drew, J.M. (2012). Approaches to Improving Organizational Effectiveness: The Impact of Attraction, Selection and Leadership Practices in Policing. In: Prenzler, T. (eds) Policing and Security in Practice. Crime Prevention and Security Management series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137007780_7

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