[Solved] crime

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

As a **supervisor** in criminal justice, you will need to be able to **identify challenges to organizational structure and systems** and propose evidence-based solutions to management. Strong written and verbal communication skills are necessary when interacting with every member of an organization. Supervisors must understand how challenges affect the **organizational structure** of the system. They must also be ready to communicate about such challenges before attempting to apply leadership philosophies and practices to make decisions about needed changes.
Select an example of a criminal justice organization at the local, state, or federal level. You will use this organization’s structure as an example context for your presentation; you will not need to know the challenges facing the organization in real life.
Select 3 organizational challenges from the list below that this kind of organization might face. Cite at least 2 scholarly sources in your presentation in addition to the organization’s website.
##### **Potential Organizational Challenges**
Use any of the following examples of challenges facing managers of criminal justice organizations that could threaten the organization’s structure or systems:
###### **People Challenges**
– Establishing consistent hiring and performance standards (screening out underqualified, unethical, or underperforming staff)
– Building and maintaining diverse and inclusive teams and relationships
– Reducing mistrust and turnover
– Strengthening public confidence
– Using staff and resources efficiently to handle cases more effectively
– Addressing lack of integration and collaboration between departments, sectors, agencies, teams, etc.
###### **Policy Challenges**
– Contingency planning: Recognizing predictable events and prioritizing decisions to make policies to prevent and handle them
– Contingency planning: Developing teams to advise on unpredictable events and how to respond to them
– Protecting civil liberties
– Maintaining a safe, secure, and humane prison system
– Countering terrorism and safeguarding national security
– Coordinating law enforcement to handle increasing levels of violent crime and the opioid crisis
– Addressing the overuse of specific strategies or use of a policy/program for overly short or lengthy durations
###### **Training Challenges**
– Budgeting for and delivery of ongoing training (in-person and remotely)
– Balancing training needs with staff coverage
– Establishing clear succession and promotion plans based on performance
– Protecting against cyberthreats and determining new responses to risks from emerging technologies
###### **Supervision Challenges**
– Leading with compassion and confidence
– Managing negativity and conflict
– Improving morale or engagement
###### **Discipline Challenges**
– Handling policy violations, reporting, and accountability
– Making consistent leadership decisions about disciplinary issues
– Using sensitive investigative authorities by department law enforcement
– Ensuring financial accountability of department contracts and grants
– Reducing delays or errors in the administration of justice
##### **Assessment Deliverable**
**Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation as if you were a supervisor** examining problems and proposing solutions within the organization. Your presentation should include the following information supported by evidence of challenges to the organization’s structure and systems:
– Describe the selected criminal justice organization that is currently undergoing organizational challenges.
– Summarize 3 organizational challenges the organization might experience. Discuss how these organizational challenges affect the structure and systems of the organization.
– Explain how the organization has addressed cultural and gender challenges at the leadership level.
– Apply a different philosophy or practice for effective organizational behavior leadership to each of the 3 challenges. Recommend a strategy for preventing or reducing each organizational challenge based on the philosophy or practice.