Security Operations Management

by Robert McCrie, Seungmug Lee

Overview

Security Operations Management, Fourth Edition, the latest release in this seminal reference on corporate security management operations for today’s security management professionals and students, explores the characteristics of today’s globalized workplaces, security’s key role within them, and what the greatest concern is for security practitioners and senior managers. Incorporating the latest security research and best practices, the book covers key skills needed by security managers to demonstrate the value of their security program, offers information on identifying and managing risk, and reviews the latest technological advances in security control, command, communications and computing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128223710
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/07/2022
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	504
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Since 1970, Robert McCrie has written, edited, researched, taught, and consulted broadly in issues related to security management (protection of assets from loss) and criminal justice. He edits Security Letter and was founding editor-in-chief of Security Journal, a research journal, and now is editor emeritus.

He has been associated with John Jay College since the 1970’s. He joined the faculty in 1985, moving up the ranks to full professor and serving as chair of one of the largest departments, Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration from 1997-2003. He later helped found his current department.

SEUNGMUG (ZECH) LEE, PH.D. Associate Professor The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice University Hall, Room 362 Arlington, TX 76019-0595. He was awarded as the CoLA faculty research endowment grant with the title “Women burglars” in 2018.

Table of Contents

Part I: General Fundamentals and Competencies
1. Security Operations in the Management Environment
2. Core Competency to Initiate Effective Protection Programs
3. Staffing to Meet Protective Goals
4. Training and Development for High Performance
5. Supporting and Motivating Supervisors and Staff

Part II Special Issues in Security Management
6. Personnel Management Issues: Appraising for Promotion or Discipline
7. Accounting Controls and Budgeting
8. Operating Personnel-Intensive Programs
9. Operating Physical- and Technology-Centered Programs
10. Challenges for Security Operations Today and Tomorrow
11. Leadership for Optimal Security Operations

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Covers the keys to interweaving security throughout an organization or business!

Editorial Reviews

Incorporating current ideas from business administration and criminal justice into the area of security management, this text offers a theoretically-based and research-oriented overview of the field's core principles. It includes a discussion of critical issues faced by real-life security practitioners, and how they are resolved. Coverage is given to both the business and technical sides of security. Case histories are used to illustrate both good and bad management practices. McCrie is a security educator, writer, and consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"This is a great book with a wealth of information and based on that we rate this book Five Stars." —International Foundation for Protection Officers

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