Workplace Violence
- There are four different types of workplace violence clearly stated in the Private security book. These types include violent acts by criminals with no connection to the workplace environment but get access to the place to commit robbery or any other form of crime (Smith et al., page 139). The other violence is based on clients directing violence to a particular employee, such as patients, inmates, or any other being who gets an organization’s service. Torture or violence against colleagues, supervisors, or the manager by an individual employee is also included. Simultaneously, violence is made in the workplace by anyone who neither works on a particular setup. However, they happen to have a good rapport with a specific employee and another type of violence. Killings and murder attract law enforcement officials hence terming assault as a typical form of crime in an organization.
- Coercive leadership, organizational recon structuring, poor work organization, inadequate accommodation for increases in activity, and aggressive cultures are some of the critical indicators of potential workplace violence (Smith et al., page 140). Some of these indicators, at times they may undermine the idea of fairness and justice in a working environment hence causing violent responses. Communication and dialog may be interfered with when coercive leadership is administered. It is evident in firms having murder cases organized by insiders known by the victims for the perception of lost control.
- Some strategies need to be administered to prevent workplace violence. This means that a sincere, transparent, and timely communication among the workplace fraternity should be laid down. Opportunities for professional development should be offered while fostering a family-friendly work environment should be stipulated (Smith et al., page 144). It would also be essential to maintain a process for complaints in a non- judgmental forum and maintain an impartial consistent discipline for misbehaving employees for good performance when an employee talks of torture by a colleague or boss, including excessive involvement; hence terminating the rights should be tackled without bias to avoid losing an employee.
A workplace security issue about the hacking of a company’s monetary network by an external scammer was spotted. Loss of the company’s funds was the biggest problem as the company succumbed to significant losses. The workplace was affected as the firm could not pay the bills for its employees and cater to its bills. This means that the problem would have been controlled if the company had invested in cloud computing, thus keeping sensitive information in a single place.
Work cited
Smith, C., Schmalleger, F., & Siegel, L. (2016). Private security today.