Effective security management [electronic book] / Charles A. Sennewald.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Effective Security Management, 5e, teaches practicing security professionals how to build their careers by mastering the fundamentals of good management. Charles Sennewald brings a time-tested blend of common sense, wisdom, and humor to this bestselling introduction to workplace dynamics. Working with a team of sterling contributors endowed with cutting-edge technological expertise, the book presents the most accurately balanced picture of a security manager's duties. Its Jackass Management cartoons also wittily illustrate the array of pitfalls a new manager must learn to avoid in order to lead effectively. In short, this timely revision of a classic text retains all the strengths that have helped the book endure over the decades and adds the latest resources to support professional development.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• I General Security Management
• General Principles of Organization
• Organizational Structure
• Security's Role in the Organization
• The Director's Role
• The Security Supervisor's Role
• The Individual Security Employee
• II Security Personnel Management
• Hiring Security Personnel
• Job Descriptions
• Training
• Discipline
• Motivation and Morale
• Promotions
• Communication
• Career vs. Noncareer Personnel
• III Operational Management
• Planning and Budgeting
• Program Management
• Risk Analysis
• The Security Survey
• Office Administration
• Written Policies and Procedures
• Computers and Security Management
• Statistics as a Security Management Tool
• IV Public Relations
• Selling Security Within the Organization
• Relationship with Law Enforcement
• Relationship with the Industry
• Community Relations
• V Mismanagement
• Jackass Management Traits
• Appendix
• Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Charles A. Sennewald
Independent security management consultant, expert witness, and author, internationally based

Charles "Chuck" Sennewald CSC, CPP, is an independent security management consultant and expert witness and the author of numerous Butterworth-Heinemann titles, including "Effective Security Management"; "Security Consulting"; "Retail Crime, Security and Loss Prevention: An Encyclopedic Reference;" "From the Files of a Security Expert Witness"; and earlier editions of this book "The Process of Investigation." Chuck is a graduate of California State University - Los Angeles with a BS degree in Police Science and Administration. Chuck is also the founder and first president of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), and is a long-time member of ASIS International. He has lectured and is read in countries around the globe.