Class: Administration of Justice 15 – Police Supervision
Book: "Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities"
Seventh Edition
by Paul M. Whisenand,
PEARSON PUBLISHING
ISBN 13: 978-0-13-245758-3
LESSON #11
Reading assignment: Chapter 11
Responsibility Eleven: Training
Key points:
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• Teamwork requires interdependent thinking and effort
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• The main purpose for teamwork is through alignment to produce synergy within the work unit
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• Teamwork can occur only if there is mutual trust and training as a team
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• Trust should be based on the knowledge of the other person’s values as well as your own
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• Team training is a key responsibility of a police supervisor
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• An FTO program does not diminish from a supervisor’s training function
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• Your delivery of training should be subjected to constant evaluation by your boss, yourself and the trainees
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• The most difficult of all training goals for the supervisor is that of building and maintaining a work team
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• Groupthink is dysfunctional team-based decision making

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: After reading Chapter 11, please answer the following essay questions. You will be graded on the thoroughness of your responses. Please rewrite the question first (copy/paste) and then provide an answer.

1. Why is an interdependent work group so important? How can interdependence avoid the pitfall of groupthink?
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2. There are several misconceptions about the managing of a diverse workforce. What are they?
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3. What is a "Trust Bank Account"? Why are its components and why are they important?
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4. What are the two fundamental goals of training? Explain in your own words the six key attitudes that provide the proper framework for effective training.

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