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1. Leadership
 
 
SPSC addresses many facets of leadership, including traits, personality factors, skills, competencies, comprehensive models, followership, authenticity, organizational barriers as well as self-reflection on personal leadership strengths and opportunities for improvement.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of LEADERSHIP to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of LEADERSHIP:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of LEADERSHIP:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of LEADERSHIP impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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2. Human Resources
 
 
The HR course components include information on legal matters including civil liability and federal employment laws, job design, conducting appropriate performance appraisals, recruitment and selection issues as well as the contribution of effective training.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of HUMAN RESOURCES to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of HUMAN RESOURCES:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in this area of HUMAN RESOURCES:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of HUMAN RESOURCES impacting and improving the performance of your work unit
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3. Employee Relations
 
 
Employee Relations course components include information on discipline, labor-management relations and the psychological contract, internal conflict resolution, officer wellness issues, and strategies for dealing with the problem employee.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of EMPLOYEE RELATIONS to your career success?
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of EMPLOYEE RELATIONS:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of EMPLOYEE RELATIONS:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of EMPLOYEE RELATIONS impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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4. Strategic Planning and Management
 
 
SPSC addresses many areas of strategic planning and policy development. In addition to the formal planning process, course components include a discussion of the fundamentals of project management and provide a process for quality decision making.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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5. Organizational Behavior
 
 
SPSC presents a comprehensive examination of organizational behavior, including the role of attitude, motivation, norms, structure, power, organizational change and culture.
 
 
 
Rate the importance of the topic of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the are of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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6. Statistics
 
 
This program introduces students to the uses of statistics and provides a framework for collecting and analyzing data to address research questions. Students gain a working knowledge of basic statistical operations and definitions, statistical significance, and confidence intervals, in order to better understand statistical evidence and make better informed decisions.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of STATISTICS to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of STATISTICS:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of STATISTICS:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of STATISTICS impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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7. Financial Skills
 
 
SPSC examines how organizational finances work. The budgeting process and types of budgets are addressed. Also covered in this area is an introduction to grant writing and a method for evaluating products and services.
 
 
 
Rate the importance of the topic of FINANCIAL SKILLS to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of FINANCIAL SKILLS:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of FINANCIAL SKILLS
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of FINANCIAL SKILLS impacting and improving the performance of your work unit
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8. Resource Allocation
 
 
SPSC prepares students to use appropriate methodologies for defining and measuring operational workloads for law enforcement, which allow students to compute the number of units required, as well as the number of personnel needed to staff the units. Deployment strategies and beat design are also topics of discussion.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic or RESOURCE ALLOCATION to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of RESOURCE ALLOCATION:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of RESOURCE ALLOCATION:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of RESOURCE ALLOCATION impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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9. Contemporary Policing
 
 
This topic introduces students to the use of predictive analysis tools and the application of planning, forecasting and technology to better address contemporary law enforcement issues and problems.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of CONTEMPORARY POLICING to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of CONTEMPORARY POLICING:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the  area of CONTEMPORARY POLICING:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of CONTEMPORARY POLICING impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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10. Media Relations
 
 
SPSC introduces the strategy and tactics of media relations, from the function and importance of a good working relationship with the media, to marketing the agency in the media. Social media policy and plans are also included.
 
 
 
Rate the importance of the topic of MEDIA RELATIONS to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of MEDIA RELATIONS:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of MEDIA RELATIONS:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of MEDIA RELATIONS impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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11. Traffic
 
 
This topic explores the vital contribution of traffic operations to law enforcement agencies and its critical impact on traffic safety and public safety. Data collection and analysis methods are addressed.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of TRAFFIC to your career success?
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of TRAFFIC:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of TRAFFIC:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of TRAFFIC impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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12. Executive Image
 
 
Topics that are critical to a leader’s success are discussed, including communication and listening skills, image, etiquette, body language and strategies for effectively engaging people in both social and business settings.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of EXECUTIVE IMAGE to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the are of EXECUTIVE IMAGE:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of EXECUTIVE IMAGE:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of EXECUTIVE IMAGE impacting and improving the performance of your work unit
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13. Staff Study
 
 
As a course-culminating experience, students collect research information and evaluate data on a significant agency problem, analyze alternative courses of action and present a recommended solution (including an implementation plan) to faculty and classmates.
 
 
 
* Rate the importance of the topic of STAFF STUDY to your career success:
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Rate the impact of the SPSC in increasing your KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in the area of STAFF STUDY:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience impacting and improving your personal job performance in the area of STAFF STUDY:
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* Rate the likelihood of your SPSC experience in the area of STAFF STUDY impacting and improving the performance of your work unit:
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