Management means the act, manner or practice of controlling, handling something. The person or persons who manage a business establishment, organization or institution are the core groups of management. In this context, it is important to understand the Structure, function and roles of management and its managers. According to Bissell, collaborative adult learning is important to help institutions in designing and implementing professional development procedures to support learning and progress of the administrators. She says that the principles and supers of the institutions have realized a need for developing a wider knowledge base of the curriculum to achieve their goals. Their instructional leadership capabilities need to be developed and professional learning groups must be encouraged. For the improvement of institutions, the managers have to develop skills for collecting and using data from various sources. This is the fundamental structure of management. (Bissell, 167)
Furthermore, if the managers are reluctant and display lack of enthusiasm to present changes it will take away success achieved by the students through their formal education. Bissell says that there is always a resistance to a new change as they produce unexpected and unknown fear among the people. One way of overcoming this is that the leaders need to properly hear out and understand the staff members and also listen to them. The resistance change is better since it realizes that there is nothing new about changes and only those people who can accept change will be the ultimate winner. It emphasizes that other than the things that are taught in the schools, there is also the need to understand how change can be managed and form guidelines for the success of its students and staff members. According to this theory, change is better if it is exercised and accepted slowly and gradually. It is also better since it is consistent with the changing ways of our present millennium. This is a better model since unlike the older models, which believed that if people had to know something they would be informed about it. According to this model, the people in the organization should be responsible for their needs and this sense of responsibility can be enumerated as basic function of management.
The first and foremost effect of change among the individuals of an institution is that they become fearful of the change, as they do not know what to expect of it. The implementation of the change is in a way shut down due to this fear. Sometimes there are misunderstandings among the leaders and staff members, which need to be clarified. Thus, this affects the leaders who in the process of understanding the staff themselves become learners, making them powerful leaders. However, dealing with change is not easy. It requires sustainable relations. “Sustainable improvement requires investment in building long-term capacity for improvement”. (Hargreaves, 3) This proves to be most beneficial during the event of changes. Nevertheless, sometimes the leaders themselves become angry. Unresolved anger also creates low morale among the staff and this becomes an overhead cost for the institution. Changes are always followed by stress thus, requiring everyone to take care of their need, both emotionally and physically. If we neglect them then we may get depressed for working too long and too hard. The fundamental role of management is to develop the enthusiasm to start afresh.
These principals appear to be at par with Huxley’s novel ‘Brave new World’ where management is used to its zenith to attain its goals. It is mentioned, “If you allowed yourselves to think of God, you wouldn’t allow yourselves to be degraded by pleasant vices. You’d have a reason for bearing things patiently, for doing things with courage….” (Huxley, 236) All the roles, functions and structures taken together would sum up towards an effective management system that can well be implemented in the course of criminal justice system. In criminal justice system, to implement any new change and reduce its negative effects on the people, the leaders must first increase the flow of information among them so that the people are informed and do not resist to the change. If people have no information about a certain change rumors will be created which can sometimes be harmful. They also should not withhold any information from the staff as it may make them feel incompetent. The staff members should also take individual responsibility to learn about the changes. When changes take place, people’s perceptions become vague, thus the leaders should make sure that the staff properly understands the tasks and goals.
The leaders should clearly listen to the staff and set limits to the time they can give them. This will make them stick to the important points and not blabber around. Both the leaders and staff members should not bottle up their feelings and speak out so that no one gets hurt and problems are solved. As changes bring about weariness and tired people are not able to express, listen or learn self-care becomes a priority for all. Leaders and staff members should also maintain a social life outside their workplaces. Thus, a Management leader in the context of criminal justice is to take correct decisions, communication, motivation, selection of accurate people fit for the job and to developing people or the work force. In criminal justice, proper judgment is required for taking appropriate action in order to reach a correct mode of decision making thus, it is obvious that management principals are necessary for criminal justice procedure.
Works Cited
Bissell, B, Resistance Change, Auckland: Ebsco publishing, 2006.
Hargreaves, A, Sustaining Leadership, Auckland: Ebsco publishing, 2007.
Huxley, A, Brave New World, NEW YORK: Klett Ernst /Schulbuch, 2006.