Zimbabwe Republic Police Women Network: leadership and adaptability
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2017
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EMERALD
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw lessons from the important contributions of appreciative
inquiry leadership in shaping the future people aspects to police leadership. A practice model of the
Zimbabwe Republic Police Women Network (ZRP WN) illuminates how the future of policing in a context of
mutually reinforcing confluence of increasing rate of crime, state decay, and economic decline is contingent
upon shifting from the current preoccupation of “what works” to “what is important.”
Design/methodology/approach – Guided by the organising principles of the 4-D cycle involving
discovery, dream, design and destiny/delivery, the appreciative inquiry leadership model illuminates a
sustainable future-oriented policing.
Findings – The case study of ZRP WN reveals the resilience and adaptability of female police officers to
policing challenges as they constantly designed people-oriented policing operations and activities.
Practical implications – Of importance is the exponential influence of communis and phronesis in
rethinking and redesigning police roles in decades to come.
Originality/value – The ZRP WN, through its shared vision of values, gives us a leaf on how to respond to
the ever-changing values of justice and police leadership altering contexts.
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Chirambwi, K. (2017) Zimbabwe Republic Police Women Network: leadership and adaptability. International Journal of Emergency Services, v.6(3):220-230, https:// doi.org/10.1108/IJES-08-2017-0043