Police Academy Training. Prior to taking on assignments, police officers go through training at a police academy. The training program generally lasts around 12 to 14 weeks and includes classroom instruction in state laws, local ordinances, constitutional law, civil rights, and accident investigation.
Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (February 2009) A functional manager is a person who has management authority over an organizational unitâsuch as a departmentâwithin a business, company, or other organization.
CRITICISM OF THE FUNCTIONAL. By the early 1970s, some experts suggested that the functions of management as described by Fayol and others of the process school of management were not an accurate description of the reality of managers' jobs. Chief among the critics of the functional approach was Henry Mintzberg.