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Getting to the Top: Selection and Training for Senior Managers in the Police Service
Author(s) -
Charman Sarah,
Savage Stephen P.,
Cope Stephen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9515.00151
Subject(s) - senior management , sample (material) , selection (genetic algorithm) , training (meteorology) , service (business) , process (computing) , quality (philosophy) , public relations , business , management , psychology , operations management , political science , computer science , marketing , engineering , economics , philosophy , chemistry , physics , epistemology , chromatography , artificial intelligence , meteorology , operating system
This paper examines the processes by which the senior police officers in England and Wales are chosen and prepared for their role. Based upon research interviews with a sample of chief constables and assistant chief constables, it develops a critical assessment of the quality of each of the three key stages in this respect: the selection of those considered to have the potential to become senior officers, senior management training, and the appointments process at police authority level. In the light of the assessments made, the paper considers alternative schemes to those which currently operate at each stage of the process.