THE BOOK PRESENTS BASIC INFORMATION ON MANAGEMENT AND EMPHASIZES PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS: PLANNING, ORGANIZING, STAFFING, DIRECTING, CONTROLLING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. AN INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION OF THE MEANING AND PRINCIPLES OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT IS FOLLOWED BY CHAPTERS ON PLANNING (SHORT-RANGE OR TACTICAL AND LONG-RANGE, STRATEGIC) AND ORGANIZATION (THEORY AND STRUCTURE, SPAN OF CONTROL, ORGANIZED CRIME). OTHER CHAPTERS COVER MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES (TIME DEMAND ANALYSIS, FORMULATING AND WRITING OBJECTIVES, INITIATING A MANAGEMENT-BY-OBJECTIVES PROGRAM), LEADERSHIP, MOTIVATION, AND INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP BEHAVIOR. THE TEXT ALSO DISCUSSES THE MANAGEMENT OF HOSTAGE SITUATIONS (INCLUDING NEGOTIATING TECHNIQUES AND POLICIES), TRAINING FOR DEVELOPMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION (CONTINUING EDUCATION, POLICE ACADEMY CURRICULUMS), PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (IMPACT OF UNIONS ON POLICE ORGANIZATIONS, STRUCTURE AND PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, MANAGEMENT RIGHTS), CONTROL (BUDGET PREPARATION, PLANNING-PROGRAMING-BUDGETING, ZERO BASE BUDGETING, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT), AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE. A SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ACCOMPANY EACH CHAPTER. GLOSSARIES AND SAMPLE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MATERIAL ARE APPENDED.