LABORATORY SIMULATION OF A POLICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UNDER STRESS,
Abstract
The research objective of the study was to explore the utility of 'realistic simulation,' as a methodological technique, for the analysis of complex organizations. A laboratory simulate of the dispatching room and communication system of a metropolitan police department was constructed. The simulate involved three different sets of four police officers and 26 simulators subject to four experimental sessions, two hours in length. Three sessions involved routine police communications. Each of the last sessions presented a simulated disaster in an attempt to place the system under stress and to test selected aspects of a theoretical framework regarding organizational stress which had been concurrently developed. The experimental data obtained provided general support for the theoretical framework used and also indicated that the effort to subject the simulate to stress was successful. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0703751
Entities
People
- Thomas E. Drabek
Organizations
- Ohio State University