Individual
Criminal Justice Workplace Observation Paper
Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper about the climate of your agency, focusing on the organizational behavior factors that have the most significant influence, such as:
· Leadership (upper management, middle management, and lower level)
· Culture
· Systems
· Law
· Influential stakeholders (political bodies, community groups, employees, and other agencies)
Explain why these factors have the influence they do, whether the influence is positive or negative, and what management must do to improve the organizational climate.
Note. If you are currently or were formerly employed by a criminal justice agency, use your agency as the basis for this paper. If you are not employed by a criminal justice agency, you may obtain the background information required to complete the assignment by either interviewing criminal justice employees about their workplace experience or using recent newspaper or periodical articles as the basis for your observations and conclusions about a particular agency.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Learning Team
Team Diversity Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper identifying the types of diversity in your Learning Team.
Analyze how your team’s diversity may have a positive or negative effect on group effectiveness.
Consider the four most critical types of diversity affecting the effectiveness of your Learning Team from the list below:
· Demographics
· Ethnicity
· Gender
· Age
· Socioeconomics
· Sexual orientation (affinity)
· Religion
· Geographical differences (rural versus urban; inner-city versus suburban)
· Occupation
· Differences in skills and abilities
· Personality traits
· Value and attitude differences
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Individual
Conflict Management Styles Paper
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that identifies the conflict management approaches used in your agency or place of work. How does this match or contradict your personal conflict management preference or style?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Learning Team
Learning Team Behavior and Processes Paper
Write a 1,050- to 1,450-word paper that addresses your Learning Team’s behavior and processes, including roles and responsibilities, time management skills, decision-making strategies, conflict resolution plans, and a schedule for the final Learning Team project based on your Learning Team Charter.
Include an assessment of individual time management skills.
Compare your Learning Team members’ different time management attributes.
Explain how the perception of these individual attributes benefits or challenges the Learning Team.
Describe how your Learning Team may become a high-performance team.
Discuss aspects, such as the following:
· Peak and valley performance and times
· Assertiveness
· Setting realistic time limits
· Prioritizing responsibilities and tasks
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Individual
Political Environment Case Study
Read the Case Study, When Politics Trumps Policy, in Ch. 10 of Justice Administration.
Answer the four questions that follow the case study.
Elaborate on your answers in a 700- to 1,050-word paper and explain your reasoning.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Learning Team
Motivation Paper
Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word paper analyzing the agency or other workplace of one of your Learning Team members—choose an organization that is closely aligned with the criminal justice area—and the motivation processes as identified in one of the following theories:
· Maslow
· Alderfer
· Herzberg
· Acquired needs
Demonstrate how your selected agency applies the motivation theories to workplace productivity. Is it achieving the desired results?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Individual
Communication Process Paper
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on the communication process using Exhibit 11.1 and Exhibit 11.3 in Ch. 11 of Organizational Behavior as your models.
Include the following in your paper:
· Describe the communication climate in your organization as a whole.
· What are the strengths and weaknesses of your organization’s communication?
· Does the management approach of your organization’s supervisors, managers, and executives contribute to or detract from effective communication? Explain.
· Provide an example that supports your view.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Learning Team
Types of Teams Presentation
Review the Types of Teams section in Ch. 10 of Organizational Behavior.
Prepare a presentation of the four types of teams, outlining the benefits and drawbacks of their use in a criminal justice setting within a law enforcement organization or any criminal justice organization of your choice.
Summarize how different functional groups benefit or might benefit from adopting one or more of the team types. The presentation should be approximately 20 minutes in length and should utilize appropriate visual aids. All team members must participate in the presentation.
