Register NOW for all THREE (3) sessions of the 2008 Senior Management Institute for Policing (SMIP).

SMIP is a program of the Police Executive Research Forum Program that provides senior police executives intensive training in the latest management concepts and practices used in business and government. A demanding three-week course, SMIP brings together a faculty from some of the nation's top universities, successful law enforcement chief executives, and subject matter experts from the private sector. It is designed for mid-to-upper level police executives who will ultimately lead police agencies throughout the United States and other participating countries. SMIP’s curriculum addresses those issues that demand the attention of today’s forward-thinking law enforcement leaders. Classes are held at Boston University where participants reside in the university’s newest and finest residence hall.

The Value Proposition for SMIP
SMIP brings together leading thinkers in corporate and public management to provide intensive training in the best available management theory and practice, innovative solutions to organizational problems, and discussion of important issues in managing public service organizations effectively. The program's goal is to give police managers the same quality of management education available to leaders in other public and private sector endeavors.

As a developmental program for the profession's current and future leaders, SMIP focuses on leadership and executive development. The curriculum is much more conceptual than technical and it requires participants to think in broad terms about their agencies' environments. Cases and class discussions stimulate critical thinking and problem solving. Participants emerge with an understanding of advanced management practices and effective leadership, and enhanced awareness of the management methods and resources necessary for performing current or future responsibilities. By sharing individual management experiences and exchanging ideas during group discussions, participants gain confidence in their managerial abilities and develop sources of consultation, advice and support that will endure well beyond the course.

Upon graduation, those who are eligible, will be offered free PERF membership for the remainder of the year, and a registration fee waiver for PERF's next annual meeting. The extensive resources of the Police Executive Research Forum and the Senior Management Institute for Police remain available to participants after the course. This commitment has helped make SMIP a national center for the education and training of the future leaders of American policing.

What the Course is All About
SMIP gives participants a clear understanding of general management theory, policy development, planning processes, and organizational structure and behavior. Among the topics covered will be diversity, political management, organizational strategy, performance management, organizational change, leadership, managerial problem solving, career planning, negotiation and labor relations, process analysis, media relations, and new policing strategies and innovations. Each year we strive to add instruction on the most topical issues facing law enforcement executives.

The program uses the case study method of instruction. Popularized by use in the nation's top business schools, this method combines careful and extensive reading of case materials, including problem analysis and managerial decisions, with classroom discussion of the issues presented in each case. SMIP uses corporate, public and police agency cases and encourages participants to apply each case's concepts and issues to their organizations. Because of the program's intensity and daily group study, participants are required to reside on campus for the program's duration (weekends excepted).

Because the majority of participants have already completed post-graduate studies, SMIP does not offer college credits. However, former participants have been awarded credit by colleges they attended upon presentation of teh SMIP objectives and course curriculum.

The Core Faculty Delivering the Course
Malcolm K. Sparrow is Professor of the Practice of Public Management and Faculty Chair of the Executive Program on Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He served 10 years with the British Police Service, rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Kent at Canterbury (England).

Mark H. Moore is the Hauser Professor of Nonprofit Organizations and the Director of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. He founded and served as chair of the Kennedy School's Committee on Executive Programs for more than a decade. Moore's work focuses on the ways in which leaders of public organizations can engage communities in supporting and legitimatizing their work, and in the role that value commitments play in enabling leadership in public sector enterprises.

Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard is the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management at Harvard’s Kennedy School and Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration and Cochair of the Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School. He teaches leadership, organizational strategy, crisis management, and financial management. His current research concentrates on crisis management, corporate social responsibility, and performance management. He received his PhD in economics in 1979 from Harvard University.

Brian S. Mandell is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Kennedy School's Negotiation Project. He is also Chair of the Wexner-Israel and Kokkalis Fellowship programs at the school. His current teaching and research address the theory and practice of negotiation, emphasizing third-party facilitation and consensus building in domestic and international protracted policy disputes. He writes about contentious disputes and is completing a book on scenario planning for conflict managers and negotiation practitioners. A Pew Faculty Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Mandell holds a PhD from the University of Toronto.

Edwin J. Delattre is Dean Emeritus, and was Professor of Education at Boston University’s School of Education; Professor of Philosophy at the University’s College of Arts and Sciences; Resident Scholar in Applied Ethics and Resident Scholar in the Center for School Improvement. Dr. Delattre, is the author of “Character and Cops,” the definitive book on police ethics. Dr. Delattre holds a PhD from the University of Texas.

Other faculty and guest speakers include academicians, media professionals, private and public sector managers, and nationally recognized law enforcement executives. It must be stressed that while SMIP faculty members are also among the faculty of Harvard and Boston Universities, SMIP is a PERF Leadership Development Program, and is not affiliated with Harvard University, the Kennedy School of Government, or any other educational entity.

Individual Commitment
SMIP is a very demanding, fast-paced, reading-intensive program that requires considerable commitment and hard work in class and after class through independent and group study assignments. Each day, participants will be called upon in class to offer their perspective on the issues presented in the assigned cases and readings. A lack of preparedness will result not only in diminished success of the individual, but it can also impact the progress of the entire class. Keeping up with assignments and team work is essential.

Qualifications for Individual Attendance
Enrollment is limited. To qualify for selection you must be the chief executive or a senior manager in your agency (sworn or civilian) with significant responsibility for major agency activities and have the potential for selection as chief executive, of your current agency or another. Though not required, possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university is highly recommended and preferred. Each year PERF receives more applications for SMIP than can be accommodated. PERF is committed to select only those who are fully committed to actively participate in this valuable management education experience.

Attendance Starts with Application On-Line
To apply, the candidate must submit an on-line application on the PERF website at www.policeforum.org. PERF members should first log in, but anyone can apply by "clicking on" any of the SMIP Sessions and completing and submitting the on-line application.

Those applying for Session 40 (June 1-18) must understand that if there are not sufficient applicants to hold two June Sessions, Sessions 38 and 40 will be combined.

Investing in Your Development
Tuition for SMIP in 2008 is $7,550. This includes instruction, books, materials, program activities, lodging and meals for the duration of the program. Tuition cannot be refunded after 30 days before the start of class unless a replacement is available from SMIP's waiting list. In these instances, alternate selections from the nominee's department are also acceptable.

Requests for additional informational information should be directed to:

Tony Narr, Director of Management Education
Phone: (202)466-7820 Email: tnarr@policeforum.org

Mailed correspondence should be addressed to: