Analyzing Leadership: An Epistemological Perspective | Chapter 14 | The Evolving Blueprint, Strategic Leadership, VALUE-Driven Police Leaders and Ethical Excellence in Law Enforcement

 

Effective organisation development requires a solid understanding of leadership. Sustaining an organisation requires its followers to be motivated by their leaders' example.  They possess the capacity to persuade followers to perform far more work than is strictly necessary. In contrast to management studies, leadership is explored as a practice epistemologically in this piece, as police leadership is examined. The goal of the study is to learn more about the actual duties of police leaders and the motivations behind their methods. Looking at these traits as two sides of the same coin, the aspects of police commanders' professional leadership practice are examined. As part of a research approach that scholars believe would enhance more conventional leadership studies, the ongoing daily dynamics of relationships and practices of leaders, as well as how these processes constitute leadership practices, are examined. Over the past 50 years, the size and complexity of police organisations have significantly increased, rendering traditional methods of selecting and training police leaders inadequate. As a result, the study of police leadership has become increasingly relevant. Today's police organisations are large and complicated, making effective leadership more crucial than ever to the success of operations and results. The first portion addresses police leadership, or theme 1. The second section discusses theme 2 attributes of policing, and the third section ends with the following theme: Three leadership philosophies in law enforcement. The research showed how police leaders develop their own leadership practices in an emergent and dynamic manner, offering a chance to go beyond analysing structural and cultural factors when identifying various practice dynamics. The study suggests four practice dynamics that can be used as a foundation for more general leadership practices as well as future research on police leadership practice in particular. To take into account the various normative leadership theories about what leaders should do, the leadership-as-practice approach needs more theoretical development.

 

Author(s) Details

Dr. John Motsamai Modise
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.

 

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