MidtermWhat an Effective Community-Oriented Policing Program Looks LikeFor this week’s assignment assume that you are a police chief in a medium size part urban, part suburban police department. The
Topic: Under what condition is individual performance related pay likely to be successful in eliciting high levels of employee effort? Justify your answer using theory and evidence. (3000 words)
Introduction:
Introduce the topic, why it is interesting/important
What are you going to discuss
How are you going to discuss it
Mainbody:
Definition of terms
Links to the literature/ literature review
Use theory and evidence (case studies, real world examples)
Use examples!
You must always ensure you are answering the question!
To support a statement:
evidence why this statement might be true
Explore reasons why it may be false.
At the end, weigh up the evidence and come down on either one side or the other (or explain why you might prefer to sit on the fence).
Conclusion:
Summary of your argument (refer to your mains points)
Clear answer to the question
No new information
Related Theory:
Efficiency wage theory
Internal Labour Markets (training)
performance-based pay
Expectancy theory
Adam’s Equity theory