English translation: a participative management structure
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16:55 Apr 16, 2011
English to English translations [PRO] Government / Politics
English term or phrase:the latter
Hello everyone,
This new methodology starts with a strategic picture of the nature of the problem (a corporate understanding of everything that is known about the who, what, where, how, why and when involved in drug trafficking), the construction of teams to address specific operational needs, specific information gathering resources, a routine dedicated analytical capability and a participative management structure. The latter has evolved from standard police ‘supervision’ practice to one that manages the deployment of resources using a variety of tactics according to the intelligence picture presented. Of course, such an infrastructure is expensive and challenging for a country with limited resources and there will also be legal issues. The threat of corruption has the potential to negate such investments and will always be a crucial strategic issue. But the reality is that in the absence of such a development, opportunities for success will be limited to technical assistance to identify concealed consignments, the ability of individual officers to identify traffickers at ‘pinch points’ such as border crossing points or such information as can be forthcoming from informants or public.
I fail to understand what does "the latter" refers to in this context:
1. to a routine dedicated analytical capability and a participative management structure
2. to participative management structure
If I'm not mistaken, participatory management means that employees can participate in the management of the organization where they work, but what does participatory management have to do with standard police ‘supervision’ practice and the deployment of resources using a variety of tactics according to the intelligence picture presented?
Explanation: The latter has evolved from standard police ‘supervision’ practice to one that manages the deployment of resources using a variety of tactics according to the intelligence picture presented. It is the current practice, not the previous standard practice, that involves a participative management structure.
It's not about employees but about different, independent, organizations that contribute on an 'as needed' basis, each according to their own strengths and specialties, not in a regular structure under one supervisory body.
"the latter" does refer to "a participative management structure".
The following is just a guess.
Perhaps they are trying to say that the tacticts used "out on the streets/at the borders" should also be adopted as part of a participative management structure. Maybe it means that everybody within the organisation is to "keep their eyes open" and act accordingly.
The "latter" would seem to refer to "a participative management structure" but your question is valid: what does that have to do with "tactics" - how is it part of "tactics" - but that's what it says.
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27 mins confidence:
the latter (what does it refer to?)
a new intelligence structure/capability and new management structure
Explanation: The context refers to the greater expense involved:
"such an infrastructure is expensive," which implies both different rules of operation and a financial investment in equipment for more in depth work. So that would be your choice#1.
I think what is implied is a new type of intelligence set up with a new set of management rules that may violate the older hierarchical management structure. The intelligence grouping may have people of an official lower rank operating in a different and more fluid way than the more traditional hierarchy.
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HERE IS ONE DISCUSSION OF MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES AND INTELLIGENCE FROM A POLICE MAGAZINE:
Law enforcement officials at all levels are facing a new environment in the flat world, and they must prepare to address the issues related to this new order. A traditional hierarchical structure may become as irrelevant as borders drawn on a map in the near future. Historically, the flow of information and control has been from the federal to the state level and finally down to the local level. Now, however, law enforcement must look at arenas as opposed to levels. Each arena—local, state, and federal—has an equally significant role to play, with equally significant information overlap. Now it is about collaboration between arenas, transforming top-down structures into systems that are more horizontally oriented and collaborative.
The development of intelligence-led policing and fusion centers is an attempt to address globalization, but, absent a cultural change, these centers will continue to adhere to the traditional hierarchical structure of government.4 Data access is not the issue; neither is technology. The issue is developing new processes so that advances in data access and technology are fully implemented to achieve what Friedman refers to as “productivity impact.”5 http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseac...
Stephanie Ezrol United States Local time: 21:07 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 20
Explanation: The latter has evolved from standard police ‘supervision’ practice to one that manages the deployment of resources using a variety of tactics according to the intelligence picture presented. It is the current practice, not the previous standard practice, that involves a participative management structure.
Donna Stevens Local time: 03:07 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
