The book emphasizes management and leadership skills necessary to shape organizational behavior and culture through an ongoing process of environmental design strongly influenced by public policy challenges. It stresses employee empowerment and the need for every correctional manager to attempt to develop strategies designed to actualize employees’ potential. Each of the 15 chapters provides an integration of theory, research, and practice by illustrating theories and critical concepts with examples of current correctional practices: (1) Evolution of Correctional Management; (2) Organizational Strategy, Structure and Design; (3) Organizational Culture of Corrections; (4) Political Environment of Corrections; (5) Fiscal Environment of Corrections; (6) Special Interests Environment of Corrections; (7) Legal Environment of Corrections; (8) Power Relationships in a Correctional Organization; (9) Correctional Management and Leadership; (10) Decision Making and Planning; (11) Communication and Motivation: Shaping Employee Behavior; (12) Professionalization of Correctional Employees: Selection, Training and Evaluation; (13) Social Responsibility and Ethical Behavior; (14) Management of Organizational Change; and (15) Future-Oriented Leadership. The book includes discussion questions, critical analysis questions, learning objectives, and key terms and concepts. Figures, references, tables, cases cited, index