Read the scenario, Off the Rails: A Troubled Criminal Justice Agency.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper assessing the situation at the detention center. Include a discussion of the following questions:

• How does the lack of leadership from the chief executive affect an organization? Can other sources provide leadership?
• Who are constituents of the detention center? How are they affected by the situation?
• What is the result when supervisors focus on process instead of people?
• What trends found in Ch. 3 of Managing Police Organizations should the detention center embrace? How would you go about implementing them?
• What does the research on leadership described in Ch. 7 of Criminal Justice Organizations suggest needs to change at the detention center? What attributes of leaders is suggested?

Include at least one scholarly source in addition to the textbook.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

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Poor top leadership can severely affect employees’ motivation and even cause an organization’s bottom line to plunge. In the criminal justice system, top leadership substantially determines the overall system performance (Aldaus et al., 2020). Poor management results in erosion of team chemistry. Without team chemistry in an organization, it is almost impossible to work collectively to achieve the set organizations’ goals. Lack of communication from top management in an organization will obstruct the organization’s progress. When subordinates seek clarification on pressing issues and get ignored, some procedures will have to wait until proper directions from top management are provided. Thus, a lot of time is wasted. Adequate

 

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