Organizational development in the field of security: an empirical study Desarrollo organizacional en el ámbito de la seguridad: estudio empírico

Abstract

^{The objective of this research is to analyze the organizational functioning of the Autonomous Institute of Police of the state of Táchira in the area of citizen security. The research was developed from a quantitative paradigm, the instruments used for data collection through the application of a questionnaire technique directed to the sample of police officers working in these organizations. The police officers state that they know the organizational structure and consider that they do not take into account the opinion of the delegates when making decisions. Among the most salient traits of police officers, responsibility and discipline are the most important, followed by loyalty, respect and honesty. Therefore, it is necessary to promote continuous training programs for managers, agents and officers in areas such as administrative management, motivation and achievement, information and communication technologies, human rights, police legislation, in order to increase the degree of professionalization of the members of this police institution, which will be reflected in the improvement in the performance of their duties}