Is a police force necessarily a commend and control bureaucracy.
I suggest you read Mintzberg's "Structuring of Organisations" in which he
places police in the "Professional Bureaucracy" category along with
universities and hospitals - his model was the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police.
Gray Southon
At 17:59 23/03/99 -0000, you wrote:
>A colleague of mine is looking at how concepts such as OL, KM and
>intellectual capital mangement can be applied to police forces. While the
>principle is fine, it would be good to get some thoughts on the
>implications of applying these principles in a traditional command and
>control hierarchy.
Gray Southon
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