Power
Organizational change can be made possible by implementation from leadership, accomplished through power. Power is defined by Giblin as “a social phenomenon where one person has the ability to control or obtain compliance from another” (2014, pg. 588). This power comes from the ability to create a willingness for compliance and results (Giblin, 2014, pg. 481). In order to fully understand how power dynamics effect a police force, focus must be placed on how someone possesses power over another individual, how power is exercised, and what this power allows the holder to accomplish (Giblin, 2014, pg. 482).
In a police organization, the culture and structure has a leader at the top followed by many mid-level managers, who have the street-level
Organizational change can be made possible by implementation from leadership, accomplished through power. Power is defined by Giblin as “a social phenomenon where one person has the ability to control or obtain compliance from another” (2014, pg. 588). This power comes from the ability to create a willingness for compliance and results (Giblin, 2014, pg. 481). In order to fully understand how power dynamics effect a police force, focus must be placed on how someone possesses power over another individual, how power is exercised, and what this power allows the holder to accomplish (Giblin, 2014, pg. 482).
In a police organization, the culture and structure has a leader at the top followed by many mid-level managers, who have the street-level