Discuss the basic causes of tension between line and staff personnel and suggest several possible strategies you would implement as an administrator or as staff to reduce tension.

Discussion 3

Take each of Max Weber’s eight characteristics of the bureaucratic model (see attachments) and apply them to a police organization in Los Angeles, California. How many of them are applicable? (Hint, check your local agency’s website for additional assistance).

Discuss the basic causes of tension between line and staff personnel and suggest several possible strategies you would implement as an administrator or as staff to reduce tension.

Make sure that you consider all viewpoints.