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"This book analyzes the challenges and solutions associated with integrating new technologies in organizations, including key topics in cloud computing, project management, and operational procedure development and implementation"--

"This book focuses on the relationship between workplace arrogance and organizational effectiveness. It addresses key themes, topics and approaches for managers, academics, students, and general readers: workplace arrogance, self-esteem, self-confidence, hubris, vanity, narcissism, job performance, job satisfaction, organizational performance, strategic scope, competence"--

Why is it that more and more people like their work, but can no longer support the conditions under which they must practice it? What is impeding the improvement of occupational health and organizational effectiveness? The authors share their knowledge of the missing pieces that are preventing these improvements to the workplace

Reductions in police department funding have raised the importance of volunteers in enhancing organizational performance, improving community trust and confidence, and at times accomplishing basic tasks to maintain public safety and security. During a period when police administrators are asked to do more with less, and to engage in smarter, community-oriented policing, citizen volunteers are an invaluable resource. Police Reserves and Volunteers is an invaluable primer for those looking to understand the benefits and challenges involved in the use of the volunteers within global law enforcement agencies.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editor -- Contributors -- Section I : Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Textbook Overview -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Volunteers in Policing in the United States -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Guidance and Program Development -- 2.3 Examples of Impressive Police Volunteer Programs in the United States -- 2.3.1 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (North Carolina) -- 2.3.2 Fresno Police Department (California) -- 2.3.3 Grapevine Police Department (Texas) -- 2.4 Disaster Response -- 2.5 Specialized Programs -- 2.5.1 Volunteer Chaplaincy -- 2.5.2 Sex Offender Monitoring -- 2.5.3 Domestic Violence Victim Assistance -- 2.6 Multiculturalism and Volunteerism in Policing -- 2.6.1 Bilingual Volunteer Assistance -- 2.6.2 Cultural Liaisons and Cultural Committees -- 2.6.3 Immigrant Communities and Ethnic-Specific Responses -- 2.7 Global Examples of Successful Police Volunteer Programs -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Rewards and Challenges of Using Volunteers in Policing -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Issues Unique to Volunteer Police -- 3.2.1 No National Standard of Volunteer Law Enforcement -- 3.2.2 Treated Differently by State Codes -- 3.2.3 Roles Are Different within Departments for Volunteers -- 3.2.4 Different Levels of Volunteers -- 3.2.5 Two Chains of Command -- 3.2.6 Us versus Them, Part One: At Work -- 3.2.7 Us versus Them, Part Two: General, Off Duty -- 3.2.8 Us versus Them, Part Three: On Duty -- 3.2.9 Normal Stressors -- 3.2.10 Primary Job Does Not Offer Support Inherent in Police Departments -- 3.2.11 Volunteer Police Programs Are Often Unknown to Many -- 3.2.12 Volunteer Police Are Volunteers -- 3.3 Conclusion -- References

Volume 3 of the Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness series gives readers insights into how organizations use networks, partnerships, and collaboration to achieve better and more sustainable results. Volume editors Christopher Worley and Philip Mirvis contend that globalization and its complexities have produced economic, social, and environmental challenges that cannot be addressed effectively by single organizations acting alone. Informed by individual and comparative case studies contributed by 13 authors from around the world, the volume delves into how organizations build collaborativ

chapter 1 A Theoretical Framework -- chapter 2 Organizational Fatality -- chapter 3 Failure Prediction Models -- chapter 4 Maladies and Disorders -- chapter 5 The Spiral of Decline -- chapter 6 The Perils of Politics -- chapter 7 Greed and Corruption -- chapter 8 Corporate Crime -- chapter 9 Crises and Fixations -- chapter 10 Failing and Surviving -- chapter 11 Disbandment and Closure -- chapter 12 Lessons Learned.