<P><EM>Police Leadership as Practice</EM> applies a leadership-as-practice approach (emphasising leader-employee relationships) to law enforcement. This book provides a progressive and collaborative leadership text for students of law enforcement, as well as insights into leadership dynamics in all organisations for students and researchers of business and management. </P><P>The police leadership-as-practice perspective provides a holistic understanding of leadership in the police, identifying factors that inhibit and promote learning. It refers to four main components as dynamic and continuously evolving processes: </P><UL><LI>Strategies: social mission and organisation, along with strategies as practice</LI><LI>Community: organisational and police culture, identity and belonging, community of practice and competencies</LI><LI>Participation: sense-making and discretion; power and politics</LI><LI>Activities: learning as practice, change and change management as practice </LI><P></P></