Organizational Behaviour
Introduction
Organizational change takes place when an organization enacts new behaviors or ideas. Organizational change may include structural reorganization. It is essential when some elements of the organization are outdated or not working effectively (Hellriegel, 2010). Within criminal justice agencies, several prosecutors and police agencies have enacted organizational changes within the past decades (Sever, 2008). Most such changes like community policing and prosecution were adopted to promote responsiveness and enhance input from the community, use a problem-solving approach to solve community-related challenges, and partner with other agencies to enhance the quality of general community life.
Social, Political, And Organizational Behavior and Influence on Criminal Justice Agencies
Agencies of criminal justice are hugely influenced by social behavior. For example, the recent police accusation of racism and excessive force toward African Americans resulted in a civil rights demonstration on black lives matter. Such events prompted a law change and behavior by various criminal justice departments, including the Judiciary. For instance, the court handed the culprits heavy sentencing to deter other officers from similar behavior.
On the other hand, political behavior also consistently impacts criminal justice departments through various decisions made by political leaders (Hellriegel, 2010). A particular political regime may push for policies that influence the operation of various criminal justice agencies, particularly the police. For instance, a particular political regime may decide to either increase or reduce financial allocation to law enforcement agencies inducing criminal justice agencies change of performance. Moreover, when policymakers fail to establish proper programs that discourage acts of corruption, criminal justice agencies might not deliver on their mandate effectively.
In addition, a particular organizational behavior...
An organization with poor management systems can be a barrier to the effectiveness of criminal justice agencies (Sever, 2008). Otherwise, when effective management reforms like public participation and
transparency are adopted in decision-making, the work of criminal justice agencies becomes effective.
Relationship Between Organizational Systems and Organizational Behavior
Organizational behavior and organizational system...
…can be traced to the
police department. Moreover, promotions are usually driven by
politics or unions, resulting in unqualified leaders in leadership roles.
Benefits of change management strategies to criminal justice agencies and the criminal justice system?
Organizational leadership should train better, lead properly, remove marginal or bad leaders, hire properly, and effectively mentor the leaders (Robbins, 2010). Also, criminal justice agencies must be more flexible in embracing diversity and inclusivity while appointing individuals to leadership positions. With such a change in leadership strategies, the system and the criminal justice agencies could enact policy changes more effectively and faster (Sever, 2008). Therefore, change management strategies enable criminal justice agencies to adapt to the changing environment.
Conclusion
Criminal justice agencies must adopt new policies, technologies, philosophies, and practices to ensure effective organizational change (Sever, 2008). Moreover, the primary perspectives to managing change in criminal justice departments include appreciating the need for change and the forces initiating such a change and enacting strategies that are in tandem with organizational values and…
