I am required to write it in an essay format, but I have no idea. Please give me

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I am required to write it in an essay format, but I have no idea. Please give me some prompt for each question

P has recently been appointed as the Chief of Police for S City Police Force. She has spent the first six weeks in her new role meeting with employees and representatives from the different communities that her Police Force serves. Many different views and priorities are emerging, but P has observed that her colleagues have no clear direction and have very different views on what the prime purpose of the Police Force should be. There seems to be many inconsistencies in the priorities and objectives of the Police Force P feels that it would be beneficial to develop a vision and mission for S City Police Force. She has decided to run a series of events at which the vision and mission will be discussed with different stakeholder groups, including external stakeholders, as well as employees. However, P recognises that these events may be viewed with some cynicism, with some colleagues commenting that these ideas may well be appropriate for profit-making organisations, but not relevant to the Police Force P is also concerned that whilst S City Police Force has a strong culture, this is in fact creating barriers to the effectiveness of the way work is done and the willingness of employees to accept the changes she feels are needed. She realises that, in attempting to change the culture, she is likely to meet with resistance and it will not be an easy task. As a first step, she feels that she needs to gain a better understanding of the features of the existing culture YOU ARE REQUIRED TO: (a) Distinguish between the terms vision and mission (b) Explain the points P could use to convince colleagues of the benefits of developing a mission for S City Police Force (c) Explain why culture is an important concept and discuss a framework model P could use in order to gain a better understanding of the various aspects that contribute to S City Police Force' s existing culture

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A). Ans:- Mission statement talks about day to day operation of an organisation. It gives the employees a purpose and direction to work for the organisation. It helps to achieve the vision of the organisation.

Mission statement talks about ultimate achievement an organisation wants to obtain in future. It also talks about the way in which orgaisation wants to be perceived.

B). Ans:- There are following points that P could use to convince collegues of the benfits of developing a mission for S city police force:-

1. A mission statement can include employees duties and actions. This can help to channelize the resources to achieve a common objective.

2. Mission statement gives an idea about the current work of an organisation.

3. The mission statement can define the primary purpose of the employees. For ex: Safety of citizens, Helping the people in need, Serving the underpriviledged.

C). Ans:- Culture is an important concept because it sets the daya to day working tone at work place. It gives an idea of how people dress, how they behave, how they talk to subordinates, colleagues and seniors, the assumptions, beliefs etc. She could use the culture framework of Quinn and Cameron that is, Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI). It can give an idea that how collaboration, creativity, competition and hierarchy affect the culture of an organisation.

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