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In the world of society today, there is a dire need to have organizational effectiveness present,
as a model to help shape businesses and people into effective workers, as well as effective managers
and leaders. But in order to know how organizational effectiveness helps businesses and departments,
we have to know what it is first: organizational effectiveness is a concept or idea on how effective any
given organization is in achieving the desired outcomes it wants or intends to produce. The overall idea
of organizational effectiveness is more important for non-profit organizations, simply because most
individuals who give money to their organizations and charities what to know if the organization is
successful in achieving their desired goals.
In any kind of criminal justice organization the essential element present is leadership.
Leadership is the key to the overall success of the goals of the law enforcement department or criminal
justice organization. Organizational efficiency will become a critical element as law enforcement and
criminal justice fields are expanding and increasing coverage. According to Harvey 2001: Traditionally,
evaluations have measured officers' performance in quantitative terms-the number of tickets written
and arrests and field contacts made. In today's era of community policing, police departments find that
they have a difficult time evaluating their officers. This will remain true in the future, as agencies ask
even more of their staff members. Officers will become problem solvers and caretakers of the
communities where they patrol. As such, their performances will be difficult to measure. The goal model
is probably the single most common of the organizational efficiency theories, as is carries a perspective
on effectiveness itself, and implies that it is both somple and complex. In the simplest form, the goal is
defined as the degree to which the organization comes to terms with its goals. The model insists that all
organizations can be understood as rational beings, instead of complex machines. While using this
specific perspective, outside evaluators can assume that the organizations goals are easy to identify and
progress is easier to identify. An agencys traditional practices, structure, values and leadership have
the possibility of influencing the success or failure of attempts to enact any kind of internal change.
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References

Harvey, J.J. 2001 Organizational Efficiency retrieved from
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