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May 03, 2024
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LAWE 2320 - Police Leadership, Management, & Supervision Credit Hours: 3.00 (3 contact hrs) (formerly LAWE-2914) This course will provide students with basic knowledge of the theory and practice of effective leadership as it relates to law enforcement. Topics include distinguishing between management and leadership; personal traits, characteristics, and behaviors of effective leaders; and factors that influence interaction between various levels of police officers. Students will also assess their personal leadership skills.
Prerequisites: None
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of effective leadership in a law enforcement setting in both theory and practice.
Objectives: The student will:
- Explain why police leadership has been defined in so many ways.
- Identify what leadership aspects have been studied and practiced during the past 50 years.
- Assess the various skills required for effective leadership in law enforcement.
- Translate the various definitions, traits, and characteristics of leadership and management into a coherent and synthesized taxonomy.
- Assemble and analyze the roles of influence, motivation, and power relationships as they relate to leadership in law enforcement.
- Articulate how leadership can be described as an individual, dyadic, group, or organizational process.
- Define in which situations participative leadership is most likely to be effective.
- Recognize why task, relations, and change-oriented behaviors are important for leadership effectiveness in law enforcement.
- Discuss the potential benefits and risks of delegation as it relates to law enforcement.
- Demonstrate the psychological processes that explain how leaders influence people and the law enforcement community.
Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to recognize their own personal leadership skills and abilities.
Objectives: The student will:
- Recognize and identify leadership self-assessment instruments.
- Participate in police leadership skill-building exercises.
- Describe follower perception and evaluation of a leader
- Explain how leader behavior is influenced by skills and experience of the subordinate.
- Recognize different types of influence tactics used in police organizations
- State what followers can do to have a more dyadic relationship with their leader.
Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to discuss police officer subordinate contributions to effective interaction with upper management.
Objectives: The student will:
- Define police leadership and explain how it differs from police management.
- Describe the different roles for managers and how they are changing in law enforcement.
- Recognize the various types and styles of police leaders and managers.
- State how managerial roles and activities are affected by aspects of the situation.
- Describe the importance of external activities and networking for law enforcement managers.
- Identify appropriate ways to manage performance deficiencies.
- Recognize conflict management styles.
- Recognize how position and personal attributes can be a source of power for the law enforcement leader.
COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)
- The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
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- 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
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- The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
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- 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
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- 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.
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COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE Session and Topic:
- History and Definitions of Leadership Versus Management
- Heredity and environmental factors
- Partnerships
- Relationships
- Student leadership self-assessment quiz
- Skill development of leaders
- Leadership Motives
- Power
- Achievement
- Goal oriented
- Strong work ethic
- Cognitive Factors
- General intelligence
- Knowledge of business or area of expertise
- Creativity
- Insight into people and situations
- Farsightedness and conceptual thinking
- Types of Leaders
- Charismatic
- Transformational
- Situational
- Autocratic
- Participative
- Power, Politics, and Leadership
- Positional power
- Personal power
- Pyramid shaped organizational structure
- External influences
- Ethical and unethical political practices
- Delegation
- Definition
- Purpose
- Responsibility
- Empowerment
- Motivation and Coaching Skills
- Approaches to motivation
- Expectancy theory
- Goal theory
- Improved performance
- Discipline
- Communications and Conflict Resolution
- Persuasion b. Verbal
- Nonverbal
- Cross-cultural skills
- Domination
- Neglect
- Integration
- Accommodative
- Cultural Diversity Aspects of Leadership
- Values
- Intelligence
- Diversity training
- Multicultural organizations
- Recruitment, retention, and mentoring
Primary Faculty Hliebay, Eugene Secondary Faculty Associate Dean Lopez, Michael
Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088
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