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Explore the full spectrum of personnel systems in organizations including recruitment, selection, training, and retention strategies. Learn about legal constraints, consequences, and effective processes for staff development. Gain insights into the importance of diversity and gender differences in workforce management.
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Personnel Systems Recruitment, Selection, Training, Development, & Retention
General Considerations • Organizations must identify and employ those who are best capable of performing the job • Assumes: • Clearly articulated organizational goals • Understanding of employee roles • Understanding the tasks officers will be expected to perform
Consequences of Hiring Decisions • Long lasting • High level of investment • Quality of activity and output • Removal is a difficult process
Constrains • OEO Laws • 1964 • 1992 • Court Decisions • Disparate treatment – based on a person falling into a certain class • Disparate impact – against a class or group of people that fall under the protection of the act
Law Constraints • OEO laws Affirmative Action - Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act fail/refuse to hire or compensate, conditions or privileges or deprive employment opportunities
Court Constraints • Griggs Criteria – method for establishing discrimination • Restricted Policy – adopts policy that excludes category • Disparate Rejection – 4/5ths rule • Population comparison - % of minority in organization with % of minority in population • McDonnell-Douglas Test – qualified minority applies – is rejected but position stays open
Supreme Court • Lessening of Title VII Requirements • Reverse discrimination (Baake v California) and Wards Cove Packing Co. v Ationio • Employment Lists – not rank ordered but “banding” lists will be provided • Equal Employment Act of 1992 • Prohibited use of statistical data for adjustments for minorities • Re-introduced disparate impact
Why Eliminate Discrimination? • Diversity makes Departments more sensitive and effective in interacting with minorities • Diversity tends to reflect a more positive image in many quarters of the community • Integration results in more minority input in police policy formulation which results in better police service to the community
Gender Difference • Men – morality of justice • Women – morality of care
Recruitment Development of a pool of sufficiently qualified applicants from which to select Barriers Institutional – forms, application process, etc. Personal – personal preferences, prejudices
Process Alternatives • Screening Out • Screening IN
Processes Alternatives (cont) • Screening out • Selects applicants from a pool of minimally qualified • Attempts to identify those who are unqualified and remove them from consideration • Employees are selected from those that remain
Processes Alternatives (cont) • Screening In • Selects applicants from a pool of highly qualified applicants • Organizational goals, values, and tasks are clearly articulated • Procedures are used that identify the “best qualified” applicants • Selections are made form this more limited pool
Residency requirements Vision requirements Education Standards Physical strength & agility Age standards Background & work history Medical standards Psychological screening Selection – Minimum Standards
Selection Process • Written test • Simulated work situation • Oral Interview • Screening • Final Selection • Assessment Center
Training • Basic training • FTO • In-Service
Basic Training • Criminal Justice System • Law • Human Behavior • Patrol and Investigation • Skills • Department Administration & Operations
FTO Training • Continued Instruction • Standardization • Testing • Probationary Period • 3 months • 6 month • 12 months
In-Service Training • Requirements (Minnesota POST) • Monitoring Reports • Management Training • Skill/Knowledge • Personal Health/Welfare
Career Development - Retention • Lateral Expansion • Investigation • Traffic • Etc. • Vertical Expansion • Corporal • Sergeant • Lieutenant • Captain • Etc • Horizontal/Vertical Migration