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management training offered to their middle and executive managers. Other <br /> departments have been able to arrange for blocks of topical instruction from <br /> faculty of colleges in their jurisdictions. Still others are sending their <br /> managers to sessions at MIT and Harvard University, and provide <br /> shadowing opportunities with Fortune 500 companies. One law enforcement <br /> agency sends its up and coming leaders to a two-week course at Gettysburg <br /> College in Gettysbury, PA. Emerging leaders there study the tactics used in <br /> the Battle of Gettysbury and follow the steps of the soldiers who died during <br /> Pickett's Charge, an ill-fated decision of General Robert E. Lee. <br /> <br /> When funding is available, there are innumerable supervisory and senior <br /> management educational programs to which personnel can be sent. Often <br /> times, better supervision and management become contagious when several <br /> members have completed the same program~ Several agencies~ including <br /> Tucson, Arizona, have reported making far greater strides in improved <br /> management after a core group of managers had attended PERF's Senior <br /> Management Institute for Police. The common knowledge obtained through <br /> the program helped to foster greater expectations from each other. Other <br /> high-quality programs include the Southern Police Institute, the <br /> Northwestern Police Institute, and the Institute for Law Enforcement <br /> Administration. <br /> <br />Or§anization and Mana§ement <br /> <br />Police administrators have specific duties and responsibilities as they attempt to <br />manage their organizations. In essence, an organization is a collective that is brought <br />together to accomplish a mission. Organization refers to how a department is <br />structured and shaped. By evaluating community needs, police administrators <br />develop various units to meet those needs. <br /> <br /> 55 <br /> <br /> <br />