Keishla M. Del Valle Marrero
University of Phoenix
CJA/394 - Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice
Week 2
December 22, 2014
Prof. Hector Garcia

An organizational structure determines how the roles, power and responsibilities, controlled and coordinated, and how information flows between different levels of management are assigned. A structure depends on the objectives and strategy of the organization. In a centralized structure, the top layer of management has the most power of decision and has tight control over the departments and divisions, is where he takes the situation as a last resort for one last final word. In a decentralized structure, decision-making power is distributed and departments and divisions may have different degrees of independence. A company like Procter & Gamble sells multiple products can organize their structure so that the groups are divided according to each product and depending on the geographical area as well.
Police organizations respond to the crime after it happens and in an organized manner starting with a routine patrol called in by radio where they visit the location reported for a possible intervention or arrest. In the division of tasks for the police first start with the patrol, then a call to action, intervention or arrest, investigation and then share the information which can all throw by one or more agents as simultaneously if it would be customer service outside the police offered by an agent according to the organization which usually is driven by a single employee depending on the severity of the case to possibly be referred to a management area as a last resort for review.
Police also has a hierarchical structure and a structure when taking actions with tasks divided by areas like would happen with a private company so it’s serious relationship similar but not the same as it is different