Assignment:
In leadership roles, it is important that when presented with a situation, you are able to determine if you can delegate work to others. If you empower employees to be critical thinkers and make decisions, they will show that they are capable of learning more and taking on more responsibility. In this assignment, you will review a few scenarios and discuss the possible outcomes.
Complete the Empowerment and Delegation assignment. NOTE: Part 1 IS NOT TURNED IN but is completed to help answer the last question on Part 2.
Part 2 is an APA-formatted essay paper that you will turn in answering the following questions:
• Explain the process of empowerment and delegation in criminal justice organizations. Include the role of trust related to delegation and empowerment.
• Analyze the implications of empowerment and delegation in a criminal justice organization. In what ways does the organization benefit?
• Discuss whether employees in the scenarios are ready for empowerment. Incorporate some your responses to each scenario from part 1.
Include at LEAST TWO (2) citations from a source in your paper.
Empowerment and Delegation
This assignment has two parts. In part 1, you will review scenarios and answer questions related to empowerment for each person. In part 2,you will answer questions about empowerment and delegation.
Part 1: Scenarios
Read each scenario and answer the question that follow in at least 90 words in preparation for part 2.
Nancy Walters
Nancy is an administrative assistant in a prosecutor's office. For most of her two years with the office, she has served as a receptionist and a file clerk. She has been attending paralegal school for the past six months. Noted for her satisfactory performance, especially as a multitasker, she has made an effort to learn about the duties of other staff positions. Nancy has approached you, the chief prosecutor, about wanting to take on other responsibilities she believes would provide her with more job satisfaction. She specifically requests to help the assistant prosecutors put their case files together. Nancy believes she can do this when there is little activity at the receptionist's desk.
• Would you empower Nancy to take on additional responsibilities? Why?
• Would you empower Richard? Why? If yes, how would you identify an enterprise for him to pursue?
• Is there a way to empower Angie to take on more investigative responsibility?
You are the new police chief on a small college campus. Steve is the assistant police chief. You have four sergeants, each supervising a patrol team of four officers. Most of the officers have college degrees. The department is busy during the fall, less so in the spring, and very quiet during semester breaks and the summer. You realize Steve is overloaded with administrative responsibilities. He creates work schedules, reviews officer reports, hires and monitors student workers, maintains the property and evidence room, keeps the log of incidents on campus for review by the media and the public, liaises with all the fraternities and sororities, and conducts training. You need him to work on a comprehensive overhaul of the campus parking plan, but he doesn't seem to have the time.
• Is there a way empowerment and delegation can rectify this situation?
Part 2: Empowerment and Delegation in Criminal Justice
Write a 700 to 1,400 word paper in which you discuss the following:
• Explain the process of empowerment and delegation in criminal justice organizations. Include the role of trust related to delegation and empowerment.
• Analyze the implications of empowerment and delegation in a criminal justice organization. In what ways does the organization benefit?
• Discuss whether employees in the scenarios are ready for empowerment. Incorporate your responses to each scenario from part 1.
Includeat least four peer-reviewed references.
Formatyour paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.