Communication and culture are most often
studied independently in many fields. In
contrast to other fields, communication scholars place communication at the
center of analysis and view it as both creator and manifestation of
culture. In this line of thought,
culture and cultural change in any organization can be analyzed based on the communication
practices and choices of people in that organization. The central purpose of
this study is to examine the cultural change in a large
police department (Newark Police Department) after the implementation of a popular planned organizational change
model known as Compstat, which has been implemented by numerous police
organizations in the USA over the last decade. For this purpose, 26 interviews
were conducted with police officers. In addition, the main components of this
model, Compstat meetings, were observed for six months to examine manifestation
of cultural change in the communication practices. The study revealed that
there is certainly a cultural change in this police department after the
implementation of Compstat model. While accountability, information sharing,
‘can do mentality’ and flexibility seem to be emerging values in this
organization, the claims of Compstat to bring creativity, innovation, risk
taking and organizational learning were not observed at the desired level. Design of communication in the Compstat
meetings should be reconsidered to bring a genuine, meaningful dialogue that
allows for the development required for organizational learning, creativity,
and innovation.
Communication culture cultural change organizational change Compstat
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 24 Haziran 2019 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 23 Aralık 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019Cilt: 1 Sayı: 2 |