Motivation, empowerment, and delegation are crucial to the operation of an efficient criminal justice organization. Management that is focused on motivating, empowering, and delegating tasks to their personnel reaps the rewards of pervasive passion and innovative problem solving in the workplace. Trust is a combination of integrity and competency and forms the basis of all successful interactions. Trust is not a means to an end, it is a moral duty. The content of this paper will compare motivation and empowerment and define the distinct components of empowerment. The subject matter will delve into the implications of empowerment and delegation in a criminal justice organization. A final analysis will detail the role of trust in personnel issues.
Empowerment by definition alone is providing an individual with a sense of authority. Empowerment is the supreme ruling one has over another or a group of individuals. The term itself is a psychology phrase as it is directly linked to how self worth. So while the term is defined as a supreme ruling over others, even those who are classified as worker bees may experience a sense of empowerment.
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[...] The content of this paper will compare motivation and empowerment and define the distinct components of empowerment. The subject matter will delve into the implications of empowerment and delegation in a criminal justice organization. A final analysis will detail the role of trust in personnel issues. Components of Empowerment Empowerment by definition alone is providing an individual with a sense of authority. Empowerment is the supreme ruling one has over another or a group of individuals. The term itself is a psychology phrase as it is directly linked to how self worth. [...]
[...] Trust is a fundamental operational asset and a binding agent for all criminal justice agencies.” Trust is crucial to effective management and successful organizations are characterized by a positive working environment that reflects mutual respect, trust, and ethical relationships between management and personnel. Criminal justice managers must work with and through people to establish a positive organizational culture focused on accomplishment of the mission, values, ethics, and visions of the organization. Clearly, communication and trust are linked and when communication suffers, so does trust. [...]
[...] Teamwork and empowerment are interrelated, just as things and people are. Managing is relative to things like statistics, physical resources, money, costs, and time organization. Leading is all about people, their vision, vitality, service, teamwork, communication, and empowerment. There are four vital components of empowerment which are: participation; delegation; capitalization; and trust. Trust forms the foundation of empowerment and participation, delegation, and capitalization are all dependent upon trust. More than anything else, empowerment is a relationship which is dependent upon trustworthiness (Whisenand and Ferguson, 2009). [...]
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