ion, Adult Services Division.
In the learning organization that the New York City Department of Probation, Adult Services Division will become, several characteristics are apparent. These characteristics are as follows:
1. Case officers are confident that they are performing work that is important to the community.
2. Case officers are confident that the organization is performing in a highly effective manner.
3. Case officers and other members of the Department of probation, Adult Services Division are more effective working as a team than they are working as individuals.
4. Case officers and other members of the organization are continually acquiring an increased understanding of the knowledge base upon which the Department's effectiveness depends.
5. All members of the Department of Probation, Adult Services Division are encouraged to learn all that they can about every facet of the organization's activities and functioning.
6. All members of the Department of Probation, Adult Services Division feel free to discuss any issue associated with the organization's mission with any other member of the organization.
7. All members of the Department of Probation, Adult Services Division treat all other members of the organization as colleagues. No one is treated as if they are irrelevant to the organization's effectiveness.
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