Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Law and Politics => Topic started by: asan beg on Jul 31, 2020
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Question 1
What involvement should police management have in the negotiations process?
Question 2
What is a no-confidence vote? Why might it occur, and how might it be prevented?
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Answer 1
The answer should include the following points:
- Police managers must be involved in the negotiations process but not with the chief actually at the table; a ranking administrative aide can attend negotiations and report directly to the chief.
- Chief's primary responsibility: bargaining issues that could impair the way in which he or she and the management team lead the organization.
- A police manager would be concerned with such negotiation issues as salary and monetary benefits, work hours, minimum staffing, disciplinary procedures, assignments, and promotional processes. A chief who did not get involved in the negotiation process could find his or her management capability seriously restricted.
Answer 2
The answer should include the following points:
- A no-confidence vote (NCV) occurs when an individual or employee group polls its members as to the level of satisfaction with organization management and determines that members have no confidence in management.
- Management typically views NCVs as political, disruptive, or even "an act of labor terrorism."
- Employee groups may resort to NCVs when all else has failed to obtain the desired results or as an attempt to capitalize on the community's faith and trust in the rank-and-file officers.
- Seven dos and don'ts for managers to survive an NCV are:
1. Remember that you are the manager (a boss).
2. Do not "roll over." Betrayal and discouragement will be felt; do not express these.
3. Do not retreat into your office.
4. Do not take your case to the news media.
5. Do not allow leaving to be an alternative.
6. Work in quiet meetings and get all the issues out in the open.
7. Deal openly and fairly with issues over which you have control.