Management in Security Industry

Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice

CJS 445

BREYER STATE UNIVERSITY

Instructor: John Moran, BS

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to "Management in the Security Industry", a Bachelor Level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. I am pleased to instruct you in this course, which will give you an overview of in security management.

In this course, you will learn all of the effort, leadership, planning, supervision, and management that goes into making a security force operate smoothly and efficiently.

I am looking forward to mentoring you through this course and enjoy seeing you through this step on your way to completing your Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice.

TIME FRAME: This is a ten (10) semester hour course. The course assignments must be completed within ten weeks. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course or the day that you advise me that you are ready to begin your studies. Please monitor the time frame as extensions are very rare without special circumstances. Upon successful completion of this course you will be awarded ten (10) semester hours of credit. You may accelerate and finish the course prior to the ten week mark, but not in less than four weeks. There is NO mandate to accelerate, it is simply an option for those students who are able to devote extra time to this course.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one required textbook for this course.

Book 1: Principles of Security Management. Brian R. Johnson. Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2005: ISBN # 0-13-028438-6.

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EXAMINATIONS: There will be two exams for this course. A mid-term that will be taken on the fifth week of the course. A final that will be taken on the tenth (last) week of the course.

GRADING: The grading scale for the course is as follows:

90%-100% = A
80%-89%   = B
70%-79%   = C
Below-70% = Fail

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TOPIC PAPER: You are to write a paper on a subject that you learned from this class. It should be around seven to nine pages which does not include the cover or the bibliography. This will count as 30% of your total grade.

POINT DISTRIBUTION: There is 200 possible points.

Midterm - 70 points or 35%
Final - 70 points or 35%
Topic Paper - 60 points or 30%

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with me via e-mail, group chat in BSU's virtual chat room, or even by telephone if necessary. Depending on how many students are enrolled in this course, we may have one or several group chats scheduled, of which you will be notified. If your e-mail address changes at any time during this course, please notify me right away.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: I, John Moran, graduated from Youngstown State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice. During my studies there I took many psychology and computer science courses. I also am a graduate of the Youngstown State Police Academy, where I graduated with the third highest grade of a class of 50 cadets. I plan to, in the future, earn my Masters in Policing Science. In my spare time I enjoy weight lifting, jogging, music, and pistol shooting.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Understand the role of security management.
2). Know what leadership skills a good manager should have.
3). Learn effective supervision tactics.
4). Understand how to make good decisions.
5). Know what qualities to look for when recruiting.
6). Know what training works the best.
7). Use motivational strageties.
8). Understand when to give appraisals
9). Know when to discipline.
10). Know what to do in different labor relation situations.
11). Know how to conduct security surveys.
12). Understand budgeting and scheduling duties.

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS: Please go to the assignment section of the classroom for weekly reading assignments.

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this program, you may address them to adm@breyerstate.com. An administrative faculty member will respond to all questions.