Organizational Control and Responsibility:
Defined as the procedures used by fire officers to control the activities and responsibilities of their subordinates. This is very important in regards to the tasks that you have delegated to these subordinates. Organizational control and responsibility also involves the ability to use policies and procedures to validate results and to identify specific areas that need modifying or appropriate corrective action. Also involves evaluation, follow-up and follow-through.
High ratings for organizational control and responsibility include:
- timely responses to inquiries
making personal notes to remind yourself of activities that need to be accomplished or followed up by a specific date
requesting information when a subordinate is delegated a task (example, on a report concerning operating procedures, be certain that a date is assigned when the report is expected to be completed)
keep orderly and accountable records
planning and accuracy of work schedules
evaluation of delegated tasks to subordinates
Fire officer who exhibits appropriate and competent judgment evaluates all the information available to them including possible problems,
solutions, and alternatives to reach an appropriate and logical solution. |