Filstad, Cathrine, 1963-

Police leadership as practice / Cathrine Filstad. - 1 Edition. - 1 online resource

IntroductionPart 1: Police Leadership as Practice1. Why a Leadership-As-Practice Perspective?2. What Do Police Leaders Do? 3. When Do Police Leaders Lead? 4. Police Leadership as Practice Part 2: Strategi5. Social Mission, Organizational Structure and Goal Management 6. Strategy as PracticePart 3: Community7. Organizational Culture and Police Culture8. Identity and Belonging in Communities of Practice 9. Knowing in Practice Part 4: Participation 10. Sensemaking 11. Manoeuvring Space 12. Power and PoliticsPart 5: Activities 13. Learning as Practice 14. Change Management in Practice 15. Police Leadership as Practice - Summary

"Police Leadership as Practice applies a leadership-as-practice approach (emphasising leader-employee relationships) to law enforcement. This book provides a progressive and collaborative leadership text for students of law enforcement, as well as insights into leadership dynamics in all organizations for students and researchers of business and management. The Police leadership-as-practice perspective provides a holistic understanding of leadership in the police, identifying factors that inhibit and promote learning. It refers to four main components as dynamic and continuously evolving processes: Strategies: social mission and organization, along with strategies as practice. Community: organizational and police culture, identity and belonging, community of practice and competencies. Participation: sense-making and discretion; power and politics. Activities: learning as practice, change and change management as practice Practical and enriched with case studies, examples and best practice, the textbook is also rigorously research based. Authored by a professor of business and management with specialist knowledge in police leadership, it brings the cutting edge of leadership thinking to the practicalities of policing. It is essential reading for those engaged with policing, leaderships roles and management"--

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Police.
Law enforcement.
Leadership.
Organizational learning.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement

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