Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet: The Professionalisation of the Association of Chief Police Officers

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-16
Author(s):  
Sarah Charman ◽  
Stephen Savage
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Advisory Body ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Primary Responsibility ◽  
Police Authority ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

The Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ACPO) represents the most senior tiers of the police service and has, arguably, a primary responsibility for ‘steering’ policing and policing policy under both central and local government (police authority) advice and guidance. In order to deal more effectively with the challenges of the late 20th century, the police service has been the subject of what is principally an internally driven desire to professionalise. That professionalisation has been aimed at both delivery of service and at the professionalisation of ACPO itself as a policy-making and policy advisory body. This paper focuses on how ACPO has developed organisationally, and on the impact of such change at individual force level. The paper also examines the dilemmas revealed in such developments.

scholarly journals Removing disabling barriers in policing: Dyslexia and literacy difficulties in the police service

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 332-352
Author(s):  
Stephen J Macdonald ◽  
Faye Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Environmental Barriers ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Occupational Environment ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Civilian Employees ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Model Approach

The aim of this article is to explore the impact of dyslexia, self-identified dyslexia and literacy difficulties on police officers/civilian employees. The study employs a social model approach which advocates that problems associated with dyslexia are not due to an impairment effect but can be attributed to a lack of reasonable adjustment due to disabling environmental barriers. The methodology applies a quantitative approach that analyses the impact that dyslexia/literacy difficulties have on policing. The authors suggest that with minor adjustments to working environments, police organisations can foster an inclusive rather than exclusive occupational environment.

scholarly journals Preventive and Curative Efforts in Archive Management Planning for the Threat of Natural Disasters in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ella Erliyana ◽  
Dwi Wahyu Rozanti
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Electronic Records ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Special Equipment ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Background of the study: Archives have a very crucial role in the development of organization and institutions, Including in Indonesia. The importance of archival protection is in Determine records management planning in overcoming the impact of natural disasters.Purpose: The Efforts taken are preventive and curative actions that aim to minimize the risk of losing archives and as an effort to safeguard the importance of policy-making towards archives in the future.Method: This research is qualitative research with literature study method. The researcher raised a study that was in accordance with the topic of understanding, then made a map of the data related to preventive and curative Efforts in an effort to overcome natural disasters. In this case, the analysis of data is done through reference to books, journals, and other library materials Articles regarding preventive and curative actions in archival management and policy planning related to archives. Literature studies pay attention to relevance to the subject matter and to facilitate the understanding and direction of writing in accordance with the problems in the study.Findings: The results of this study indicate that disaster management consists of stages several items, namely mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.Conclusion: Prevailing Efforts are focused more on Preventing and protecting conventional archives from the disaster damage. The actions taken include storing archives in a safe and disaster-resistant place, storing archives with special equipment (vaulting), duplicating or duplicating records by transferring media in the form of Microfilms, microfiche, magnetic recordings, electronic records. While curative Efforts are repairs or maintenance of records with conditions that have or have begun to be damaged. Actions include lamination, encapsulation, reproduction of archives and recovery.

scholarly journals Factors influencing employee satisfaction in the police service: the case of Slovenia

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Tomaževič ◽  
Janko Seljak ◽  
Aleksander Aristovnik
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Service ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The paper has two purposes – first, to examine the dimensionality of employee satisfaction and, second, to identify the impact of the groups of factors on employee satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – The measurement of satisfaction of all employees in the Slovenian Police based on the comprehensive on-line questionnaire. Factor analysis was used to formulate the facets of satisfaction. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify the predictors of three facets of employee satisfaction. Findings – Three facets of employee satisfaction were determined and the influence of three types of factors (demographic, job-related and organizational-support-related factors) on them was investigated. The results show that the worst assessed facet was salary and security, whereas no significant differences were found between two other facets, namely relationships and leadership, and tasks and working conditions. The three factors influenced employee satisfaction with different levels of intensity. Research limitations/implications – The current economic situation in the state, especially in the public sector and in the police service, definitely impacts the results of the survey. The survey was conducted just before the announcement of savings measures in the Slovenian public sector. Since it was conducted on-line, it has to be assumed that for some employees this probably meant that anonymity could not be assured. Practical implications – The survey was performed in order to identify the opportunities for improvements in police management. The results indicate the importance of leadership, communication and participation in the work of police officers, especially during a period of limited financial resources. Originality/value – The paper shows that the strongest influence, by far, on employee satisfaction is that of the employees' feeling that the police will support and protect them in case they are exposed while performing their legitimate and professional work. Trust in one's immediate superior also has a strong influence. Both could be an important signal to the management of the police to focus on activities to increase cohesiveness within the police and constantly promote the feeling of belongingness to the police among all its members.

Devolution, Social Policy and Education: Some Observations from Northern Ireland

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Donnelly ◽  
Robert D. Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Belfast Agreement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Recent Policy

Many commentaries on social policy in the UK assume that policy as developed in England applies to the constituent countries of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. However, the advent of political devolution in the last five years is slowly being reflected in the literature. This paper takes education policy in Northern Ireland and discusses recent policy developments in the light of the 1998 Belfast Agreement. The Agreement, it is suggested, is providing a framework which promotes equality, human rights and inclusion in policy making. Some early indications of this are discussed and some of the resultant policy dilemmas are assessed. The paper concludes that accounts of policy development in the UK, which ignore the multi-level policy-making contexts created by devolution, do a disservice to the subject.

The impact of values, bias, culture and leadership on BME under-representation in the police service

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-59
Author(s):  
Irene Afful
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Culture ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Unconscious Bias ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Police Service ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Senior Officers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Equality And Diversity

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine whether the individual values and bias of police officers could be frustrating attempts to achieve black and ethnic minority (BME) representation within the police service, especially at senior levels. It focusses on the micro-individual level, examining perceptions, values and attitudes towards equality and diversity, unconscious bias and the impact of leadership in addressing these issues. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews the literature on values, police culture and leadership. It draws upon data produced from a very small study undertaken within a local police service specialist unit where the author was employed, by means of semi-structured interviews with a selection of staff and senior officers, and values and attitudes surveys. Data were examined from a national survey of BME officers and Human Resources Leads, conducted by the College of Policing’s BME Progression 2018 Programme. Finally, unconscious bias test data of samples of police officers, including senior leaders and HR professionals were examined. Findings The interview data show that equality and diversity are perceived to be largely embedded by organisational members. This is contradicted by the data from the values and attitudes survey which show that equality is not fully embedded in the culture, and the data from BME officers survey supports this. Leader role models and behaviours were found to play a crucial role in embedding these values, along with training. The findings also demonstrated a higher level of unconscious bias among senior officers and HR professionals, responsible for recruitment and selection, than police employees in general. Research limitations/implications This exploratory research is concerned with policing in England and Wales. The very small sample limits inferences possible in the findings but is highly relevant to current and future policing. Practical implications The paper highlights some potential barriers to achieving a representative police service at an individual rather than organisational level and makes a number of recommendations on the role of leaders now, and crucially in the future, to fully embed equality and diversity into police culture to address under-representation, a phenomenon which has plagued the police service throughout its entire history. Originality/value There appears to be a dearth of studies examining the issue of under-representation at the micro-individual level within British police organisations. The current, exploratory research study seeks to contribute to closing this gap.

scholarly journals Ku modernizacji kawalerii. Prace teoretyczne i studia Kawaleryjskiej Sekcji Naukowej Towarzystwa Wiedzy Wojskowej

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-79
Author(s):  
Daniel Koreś
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Advisory Body ◽  
The Troubles ◽  
Research Section ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact

The role and significance of the Military Knowledge Society (TWW), and more specifically its Cavalry Research Section, have not been discussed yet by anyone but the author of this article. Historians and hobbyists dealing with the history of the Polish cavalry are still unaware of the impact that the cavalry subdivision of the TWW had on the development of this service arm. Its position was raised so high primarily thanks to Certified Colonel Jan Karcz, who made sure that the troubles of the Polish cavalry became the subject of discussions among prominent – due to their degrees, positions, functions, but also experience and theoretical research achievements – officers coming from this service arm. In this respect, Karcz was a visionary who believed that the intellectual achievements of cavalry officers, which were presented in military periodicals, could be used much more efficiently within the quasi-advisory body of the Cavalry Department. I shall even put forward the hypothesis that that no other service arm commander or chief of service in the Polish Army has used the possibilities offered by the research sections of TWW to such an extent as Karcz did as head of the Cavalry Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs

Positive Reintegration as a Way of Small and Medium-Sized Business Development

2012 ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
A. Zolotov ◽  
M. Mukhanov
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Alternative Possibility ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Compensation Mechanisms ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Modernization Process

А new approach to policy-making in the field of economic reforms in modernizing countries (on the sample of SME promotion) is the subject of this article. Based on summarizing the ten-year experience of de-bureaucratization policy implementation to reduce the administrative pressure on SME, the conclusion of its insufficient efficiency and sustainability is made. The alternative possibility is the positive reintegration approach, which provides multiparty policy-making process, special compensation mechanisms for the losing sides, monitoring and enforcement operations. In conclusion matching between positive reintegration principles and socio-cultural factors inherent in modernization process is provided.

Managing Service Quality, Food Quality, Price Fairness and Customer Retention: A Holistic Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ammar Ahmed ◽  
Rafat Naseer ◽  
Muhammad Asadullah ◽  
Hadia Khan
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Food Quality ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Customer Retention ◽  
Price Fairness ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Restaurant Management ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Propositions ◽  
The Impact

In this competitive environment, organizations strive to satisfy their customer by providing best quality service at affordable and fair prices with a view to enhance their revenues. To achieve the objective of revenue maximization, organizations strive to identify the factors that help them in retaining their customers. Drawing from the signalling theory of marketing, the current study proposes a novel conceptual model representing the impact of service quality with food quality and price fairness on customer retention in restaurant sector of Pakistan. The paper underlines an important arena of knowledge for academicians as well as organizational scientists on the subject. On the basis of literature available on the variables understudy, the present study forwards eight research propositions worthy of urgent scholarly attention. The conceptualized model of the present article can also be viewed significant in unleashing further avenues for the restaurant management entities, policy makers and future researchers in the domain of managing in the service sector businesses.

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