Criminal Justice Manager Essay

1. Me personally I do think that there are some aspects that would need the involvement of the criminal justice managers. For instance, if there is a death in the family and the employee decides not to tell the manager, the employee could be at risk of harming themselves and others that they are working with. The employee can become a safety hazard on the job. The manager should know because there could be a lack of concentration, irritability, and even anger in the work force. When having a criminal justice job, you need to be focused and alert at all times because it is a high risk job. And if your mind is in other places you’re at risk for your job and others around you. This would also mean that if there are relationships that are going on in the department managers should know about that as well. You have to understand that it’s not just your life that …show more content…
I do not think that this would make a person an effective leader right away. Because the employee will not be a change that they are willing to accept, but in the long run it will be effective. When you join any government job you do have limitations on your rights that you consent to when you become an employee of the government (International Association of Chiefs of Police National Law Enforcement Policy Center, International Association of Chiefs of Police, & Pan-American, 2010, p. 2). Being a leader the person is supposed to be able to talk to the employees and have foundation with them where they respect you and you respect them. The way that Stojkovic, Klofas, and Kalinich mention in the book on how a leader should be best describes what becomes an effective leader is no matter what policies or regulations are in place. When they talk about the Fiedler’s Contingency model “is a theory of leadership that emphasizes leader member’s relations, that the task structure of the organization, and position of power. They break this theory into three different parts (Stojkovic, Klofas, & Kalinich, 2004, p.