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Contingency Management

IMPROVING MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PATROL DIVISION

The target organization is the Patrol Division of a ì

metropolitan police department. Division productivity has ì

deteriorated, and officers assigned to the Division appear to be ì

less motivated than officers assigned to other division within ì

In the context of task responsibility, the responsibilities ì

of the Patrol Division within the department are specific, ì

separate, and specialized. Task definition for the Patrol ì

Division is rigid within the overall police department structure, ì

and task definitions within the Patrol Division also are rigid. ì

The hierarchy of authority within the Patrol Division is ì

characterized by strictness and complete adherence to rules. ì

Task control within the Patrol Division is centralized at the ì

top, and communication within the Division is primarily vertical ì

Within the context of the above description, the structure ì

of the Patrol Division organization may be characterized as ì

mechanistic. The differences between mechanistic and organic ì

organizational structures are expressed in the context of the ì

level of formal structure and control embodied in the two ì

organizational concepts.Ä  3.ls1

1R. L. Daft, Organizational Theory, 4th ed. (St. Paul, ì

Minnesota: West Publishing Company, 1994), 64-65.

Ä  The character of an organization's 

internal structure is often related to the external environment ì

within which it functions. Organizations functioning within a ì

stable external environment typically have formal internal ì

organizational structures with clearly established and observed ì

operating procedures and rules, and a well defined hierarchy of ì

authority. Within such organizations, decision making typically ì

tend to be top-down in character. Such internal organizational ì

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