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Organizational Behavior And Management –
cja443
(3 credits)
This course in organizational behavior encompasses the study of individual and group behavior as they apply to criminal justice organizations—court systems, law enforcement, and corrections. Managing organizational behavior challenges individuals to understand organizational structure and systems, leadership, motivation, effective communication, change management, and performance systems. A comprehensive review of these processes, as well as others, will allow students to examine their role in criminal justice systems in our rapidly changing society.
This undergraduate-level course is 5
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Organizational Trends
- Understand the relationship between employee motivation and job design.
- Explain the limitations of traditional organizational behavior theory in increasingly multicultural criminal justice organizations.
- Analyze the potential applications of the e-Corporation, privatization, and competition in the criminal justice system.
- Explore the impact that globalization, societal diversity, and organizational diversity have upon the work of criminal justice agencies.
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Organizational Communication
- Explore ethical issues related to uses of power in criminal justice agencies.
- Identify the power sources of leadership, and how they apply in a criminal justice setting.
- List informal and formal channels of communications.
- Explain the information richness in communication channels.
- Describe the communication process as it applies to a criminal justice setting.
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of your personal communication style.
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Individual Behavior and Processes
- Develop a personal approach to stress management.
- Apply motivation theory to a criminal justice scenario.
- Compare and contrast motivation theories.
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Organizational Behavior and Environment
- Explain social, political, and organizational forces influencing change in criminal justice agencies.
- Analyze change management strategies as they apply to criminal justice agencies and the criminal justice system.
- Describe observable aspects of the organizational culture of criminal justice agencies.
- Analyze techniques for managing the perceptions of organizational stakeholders
- Evaluate perception as a driver of attitude and behavior.
- Understand the value of diversity in serving diverse communities.
- Explore individual differences found within the criminal justice workforce.
- Consider the relationship between organizational behavior and organizational systems.
- Understand the changing dynamics of organizational behavior in contemporary criminal justice agencies.
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Group Behavior and Processes
- Explain the benefits of time management.
- Determine a personal style for dealing with conflict.
- Explore approaches to internal and external conflict management.
- Identify the factors that influence decision-making in criminal justice agencies.
- Outline a typical decision-making process in a criminal justice agency.
- Describe the attributes of groups and high-performance teams.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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