NCDOC Function of Organizing
Organizing is the function of management in which the synchronization and combination of human, physical and financial resources takes place. All three resources are important to get results. Therefore, organizational function helps in achievement of results. I will discuss how the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) uses the organizational structure in their function of management.
NCDOC is charged with the supervision and rehabilitation of convicted adult offenders. The department consists of four divisions interacting directly with offenders, the public and a large number of administrative support sections.Within NCDOC, I noticed that they use all elements of the organization designs, though they really emphasize on work specialization and departmentalization. Each appointee clearly knows their assignment in achieving the goal.The major divisions are the Division of Prisons, the Division of Community Corrections, the Division of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Programs, and Correction Enterprises.
The Division of Prisons has the responsibility for incarcerating more than 31,000 inmates in 78 prison facilities across the state. The division has total responsibility for housing, feeding, providing medical services, and rehabilitative programs to this large population, as well as administering the state’s death penalty.
The Division of Community Corrections supervises offenders in the community, either probationers whose active sentences have been suspended, or parolees who have served a prison sentence and are being released back into the community. The division supervises more than 107,000 probationers and more than 4,500 parolees with 1,970 field officers. These officers provide control, supervision, and treatment management to offenders on their caseloads.
The Division of Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Programs provides treatment services to offenders in both the Division of Prisons and the Division of Community Corrections. The majority of the division’s program offerings are 35-day residential programs based on the 12-step recovery model.
Correction Enterprise provides opportunities for
