...Captain Edith Strong Case Study Janum Miles CJA/474 September 14, 2013 Instructor: James Backus Captain Edith Strong Case Study Commander Captain Edith Strong oversees a field operation division for the city of Rogerville, the city is 65.4 square miles and haves a population of 101,603. Captain Strong was able to worked her way up to the position that she holds after serving 18 years as captain. She is known to be the first woman to hold such a high position at the department. Previously she was Lieutenant of Administrative Services where majority of her service was in patrol, she then was a sergeant and served as watch commander. The department that she works at is 65 percent white, 27 percent Hispanic and seven percent female officers. The police department haves a decisive chain of command that is set to job specialty. Officers that are on patrol are assigned to certain beats, they respond to calls that are giving to them, and they do initial investigation on minor crimes, and they also do precautionary patrol (More, 2012). The other investigations are conducted by The Bureau of Criminal Investigations. Everyone at the department follow their job descriptions dutifully any deviancy from description of the job would be instance action from the supervisor usually resulting in write ups. The division deals with 62 percent of the assessable workload from the police department and haves the manpower of 58 percent. There is lieutenant who is...
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...Captain Edith Strong Jennifer Mathiesen CJA/474 Managing Criminal Justice Personnel June 10, 2013 Mark Weissmann Captain Edith Strong Captain Edith Strong is an 18 year law enforcement veteran and is currently the watch commander of a Field Operations Division in the city of Rogerville; a city that covers 65.4 square miles and has more than 101,000 citizens. The Field Operations Division is mostly made up of White males. There is a definitive chain of command and each job is clear-cut and each officer follows his or her job description religiously. Deviation of a job description always result in disciplinary action, which typically results in a write up. This division takes care of 62% of the departments’ measurable workload, yet has 58% of the manpower. Within the division there is a lieutenant who serves as an assistant, three lieutenants who serve as watch commanders, one traffic sergeant who oversees six officers, a neighborhood police unit sergeant who oversees 10 officers, three school reserve officers, and 71 patrol officers. Officers with specialized assignments have more job satisfaction and higher morale mostly because these officers can interact with other officers and create meaningful relationships. However, almost every patrol officer is dissatisfied because of an endless workload, which leads these officers to cut corners to complete everything in one shift. Additionally, because of department policy no more than two officers can meet at a time, outside...
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...Marc Maier CJA/474 December 2, 2013 Terry Smart Values Reflection Values are the reflection of who a person is and how he or she sustains a fulfilling life. Values are not the same for everyone as each has inherited inadvertently his or her own values based on his or her environment and the influences that surround a person's life. The student will share her core values in what she believes from growth and development as a child to an adult. The student will view how others acquire and change his or her values. In addition, the student will describe what values do for us and what values do to individuals. Moreover, the importance of human values in the workplace. Core Values Core values are what a person believes and how strong we hold these values in acceptance to who the student is as a person. The student's personal values are similar in what she believed in adolescence. The knowledge and learning of values I obtained as a child was not one's the student wished to carry with her as an adult or throughout her lifespan. Individuals who helped influence my values were not part of my family growing up but rather, the influences were from teachers and other friend’s parents. Through learning experiences as a child and becoming an adult the student has sustain and upheld positive values throughout her life but not without change. Values important to me is integrity, honesty, respect, leadership, putting others before myself, paying it forward to the less fortunate...
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...Case Study: Captain Edith Strong Managing Criminal Justice Personnel CJA/474 Case Study: Captain Edith Strong In recognition of law enforcement and the task that men and women adhere to it is important from every levels of the police department to succeed in inspiring and uplifting morale in the department the mission is crucial. The case study of Captain Edith Strong accentuates that the patrol officers are less than satisfied with the division and workload. Problems evident are; the job itself is no longer satisfying, the response times are long, low morale, citizens complaints are increasing, rapid turnovers, and disabilities claims by officers are increasing (More, 2012). The student will address the case study to determine the philosophical approach of Captain Strong. Moreover, how she will carry out the project, the motivational strategies in consideration, if the E.R.G. Theory is applicable, and if job enlargement or job enrichment is applicable. What Philosophical Approach do you believe Captain Strong should take in carrying out this Project? Describing the case study of captain strong the philosophical approach the student believes she should take in carrying out this project is finding the core underlying problem. Captain Strong's philosophical approach is to find the measures of building motivation and confidence among the patrol officers within the department...
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...In the case study of Captain Edith Strong, the department and the employees are experiencing many issues. First of all, employees are viewing jobs as dissatisfying. The morale is low. The response time for a call for assistance is long. Citizen complaints are at an all-time high. More officers are filing disability claims. Employee turner is exceeding projections. The situation has become critical and makes the department seems if they are not performing to the proper standard. Police departments are expected to perform efficiently, effectively and productively. This issue needs to be addressed immediately. As the captain, Edith Strong is responsible for addressing this problem. The philosophical approach Captain Strong should take is to focus on the root of the program. She needs to figure out some measures to take in order to figure out what is causing the problem in order to solve the problem in a timely manner. In this case, Captain Strong needs to work directly with her patrol officers to see why they view the job as dissatisfying and why the morale is so low. Officers say that they feel the workload is excessive. This could be seen as a staffing issue. Maybe the Captian could look into the budget for hiring more officers. Officers are not allow to take breaks and lunches together. In order, for the morale to be boosted, officers have to have a time to fraternize with one another. Maybe she could allow more than one officer to take lunch at a time. In addition, she could...
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...Captain Edith Strong Case Study Paper Brandy Alston University of Phoenix Managing Criminal Justice Personnel CJA/474 Professor Leroy Hendrix November 6, 2013 Captain Strong’s Case Study Paper Introduction Captain Edith Strong is a current watch commander in the city of Rogersville’s Field Operation Division; where she is a veteran working in law enforcement for 18 years. The city of Rogersville has a population of 101,000 individuals and the city is 65.4 square mile. Rogersville Field Operation Division mainly consisting of white men and every job is specific to every officer that goes by there own job classification systematically to do, the accurate of chain of command. Detouring from the job classification results in disciplinary conduct, more then likely a write up, the manpower in this division is at 58% in which they are responsible for 62% of the department’s workload. This division has a lieutenant that works as an assistant; there are three watch commanders who are also lieutenants, one sergeant for traffic that looks over six officers, a sergeant that works in a unit responsible for neighborhood police that looks over 10 officers, 71 patrol officers. Those officers’s assigned to special task has higher satisfaction and morale, because they are able to engage with different officer’s creating a trusting relationship. Seemingly, patrol officers are annoyed with the constant workload that led officers to by pass completing everything on their...
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...Case Study: Captain Edith Strong Managing Criminal Justice Personnel CJA/474 Case Study: Captain Edith Strong In recognition of law enforcement and the task that men and women adhere to it is important from every levels of the police department to succeed in inspiring and uplifting morale in the department the mission is crucial. The case study of Captain Edith Strong accentuates that the patrol officers are less than satisfied with the division and workload. Problems evident are; the job itself is no longer satisfying, the response times are long, low morale, citizens complaints are increasing, rapid turnovers, and disabilities claims by officers are increasing (More, 2012). The student will address the case study to determine the philosophical approach of Captain Strong. Moreover, how she will carry out the project, the motivational strategies in consideration, if the E.R.G. Theory is applicable, and if job enlargement or job enrichment is applicable. What Philosophical Approach do you believe Captain Strong should take in carrying out this Project? Describing the case study of captain strong the philosophical approach the student believes she should take in carrying out this project is finding the core underlying problem. Captain Strong's philosophical approach is to find the measures of building motivation and confidence among the patrol officers within the department...
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...Motivation and morale are internal influences that come from within each however, external sources and either help or hinder moral and motivation. In this case study of Captain Edith Strong, this is an example of how motivation and morale can suffer when employees are disgruntled. Captain Strong is placed in a common position where she has to figure out a way to raise motivation and morale while keeping the organization running and not compromise mission success. The problem Captain Edith is facing is that patrol officers view their jobs as dissatisfying due to the lack of communication and time with other officers, which causes increased citizen complaints, longer response times, officer filing for work compensation, and rapid employee turnover. What philosophical approach do you believe Captain Strong should take in carrying out this project? In organizations where the workplace environment sets high morale and have motivated employees is typically the one where employees feel as though they are being treated fairly. Captain Strong is faced with a tough situation, she has to focus on the accomplishing the goals of the organization all while supporting the officers in her department, supporting their professional and personal goals and development. The Synergistic supervision approach would be best to use for Captain Strong’s situation. I believe this is the best approach because it allows supervision and the employees to collaborate on what would be the best way to accomplish...
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...Case Study Captain Edith Strong By Rita Goforth March 3, 2014 CJA/ 474 Professor Mathew Workman Introduction In many law enforcement agencies across the United States there are issues with not having significant resources, enough manpower, little funding, and so on. While all of these issues are important to address and fix, a high turnover rate because officers are simply miserable in their jobs is another big concern for many Captains in many departments. This issue unless taken seriously and dealt with immediately can cause detrimental effects on the department as well as the community. When officers are miserable on the job their work suffers and with that so does the public. It is important for supervisors to take every measure they can to prevent and or fix these issues if it is within their control, in the event it is not within their control but is a problem the officer may be having personally they can suggest resources or other people that may be able to help with the situation. Project Approach When dealing with this problem there are many possibilities Captain Strong can pursue that will benefit the department, the officers, and the community. One way of dealing with this issue can mean, creating a program so that officers are not always working alone and have more opportunity to interact with other officers. By motivating officers to achieve goals and empowering them in their tasks at work Captain Strong will be able to raise morale and job satisfaction...
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...shape the country are rarely discussed. Abigail Adams is mostly known as the wife of the second president John Adams, but she was much more than that, and left an indelible imprint on the political landscape of the time. She is a Founding Mother- full of spark, depth, and intelligence. SUMMARY Abigail Adams was an intelligent woman from the day she was born until the day she died. She was raised to have a strong sense of morals and beliefs, as well as a love for education. Her...
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...compelled to hurry on events with an improbable rapidity towards the close. In some degree to remedy this obvious defect, various short passages have been inserted, and several new chapters added. With this brief explanation, the tale is commended to the kindness of the reader; 'Beseking hym lowly, of mercy and pite, Of its rude makyng to have compassion.' ____ 5 ELIZABETH GASKELL 6 NORTH AND SOUTH CHAPTER I 'HASTE TO THE WEDDING' 'Wooed and married and a'.' dith!' said Margaret, gently, 'Edith!' But, as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street, looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons. If Titania had ever been dressed in white muslin and blue ribbons, and had fallen asleep on a crimson damask sofa in a back drawingroom, Edith might have been taken for her. Margaret was struck afresh by her cousin's beauty. They had grown up together from childhood, and all along Edith had been remarked upon by every one, except Margaret, for her prettiness; but Margaret had never thought about it until...
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...school as N. Jane Brown. However, she meant when she was accepted to be plain Jane Brown. Not, of course, that she could ever be really plain. People on the outside of hospitals have a curious theory about nurses, especially if they are under twenty. They believe that they have been disappointed in love. They never think that they may intend to study medicine later on, or that they may think nursing is a good and honourable career, or that they may really like to care for the sick. The man in this story had the theory very hard. When he opened his eyes after the wall of the warehouse dropped, N. Jane Brown was sitting beside him. She had been practising counting pulses on him, and her eyes were slightly upturned and very earnest. There was a strong odour of burnt rags in the air, and the man sniffed. Then he put a hand to his upper lip--the right hand. She was holding his left. "Did I lose anything besides this?" he inquired. His little moustache was almost entirely gone. A gust of fire had accompanied the wall. "Your eyebrows," said Jane Brown. The man--he was as young for a man as Jane Brown was for a nurse--the man lay quite still for a moment. Then: "I'm sorry to undeceive you," he said. "But my right leg is off." He said it lightly, because that is...
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...PHILIPPINE LITERATURE Philippine literature is the body of works, both oral and written, that Filipinos, whether native, naturalized, or foreign born, have created about the experience of people living in or relating to Philippine society. It is composed or written in any of the Philippine languages, in Spanish and in English, and in Chinese as well. Philippine literature may be produced in the capital city of Manila and in the different urban centers and rural outposts, even in foreign lands where descendants of Filipino migrants use English or any of the languages of the Philippines to create works that tell about their lives and aspirations. The forms used by Filipino authors may be indigenous or borrowed from other cultures, and these may range from popular pieces addressed to mass audiences to highly sophisticated works intended for the intellectual elite. Having gone through two colonial regimes, the Philippines has manifested the cultural influences of the Spanish and American colonial powers in its literary production. Works may be grouped according to the dominant tradition or traditions operative in them. The first grouping belongs to the ethnic tradition, which comprises oral lore identifiably precolonial in provenance and works that circulate within contemporary communities of tribal Filipinos, or among lowland Filipinos that have maintained their links with the culture of their non-Islamic or non-Christian ancestors. The second grouping consists of works that show...
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...Narrative A narrative is a sequence of events that a narrator tells in story form. A narrator is a storyteller of any kind, whether the authorial voice in a novel or a friend telling you about last night’s party. Point of View The point of view is the perspective that a narrative takes toward the events it describes. First-person narration: A narrative in which the narrator tells the story from his/her own point of view and refers to him/herself as “I.” The narrator may be an active participant in the story or just an observer. When the point of view represented is specifically the author’s, and not a fictional narrator’s, the story is autobiographical and may be nonfictional (see Common Literary Forms and Genres below). Third-person narration: The narrator remains outside the story and describes the characters in the story using proper names and the third-person pronouns “he,” “she,” “it,” and “they.” • Omniscient narration: The narrator knows all of the actions, feelings, and motivations of all of the characters. For example, the narrator of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina seems to know everything about all the characters and events in the story. • Limited omniscient narration: The narrator knows the actions, feelings, and motivations of only one or a handful of characters. For example, the narrator of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has full knowledge of only Alice. • Free indirect discourse: The narrator conveys a character’s inner thoughts...
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...NORTH AMERICAN FICTION BRIEF INTRODUCTION: Before starting our study of American Fiction we must understand what American Literature is in itself and which pieces of writing we can include within this label. It is believed that when a piece is written in North America, more precisely in the USA, it would automatically be given this epithet. But it should be taken into account that this idea is quite broad and doesn’t reflect the real essence of the term. However, there is also another definition that gathers this essence: American Literature is the one that represents the Americanism, the singularity of the USA philosophy and culture. This way, instead of focusing on who the author is, it is focused on the content of the writing. In that which concerns Fiction, the following documents are the ones considered as narrative: Speeches Letters Short Stories Essays Political Documents Sermons Novels Diaries 1 FIRST LITERARY EXPRESSIONS The first documents in which the idea of Americanism is very present are the Sermons. They respond to the strict Protestantism settled in the New Continent after the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers and Puritans in the Mayflower (1620) and the Arabella (1630). They established a theocratic community whose main and only point of reference was the Bible. That is why the idea of the ‘city upon a hill’ is still very present in American mentality. As we all know...
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