Effective Security Management

Effective Security Management, 5e, teaches practicing security professionals how to build their careers by mastering the fundamentals of good management. Charles Sennewald brings a time-tested blend of common sense, wisdom, and humor to this bestselling introduction to workplace dynamics. Working with a team of sterling contributors endowed with cutting-edge technological expertise, the book presents the most accurately balanced picture of a security manager's duties. Its Jackass Management cartoons also wittily illustrate the array of pitfalls a new manager must learn to avoid in order to lead effectively. In short, this timely revision of a classic text retains all the strengths that have helped the book endure over the decades and adds the latest resources to support professional development. - Includes a new chapter on the use of statistics as a security management tool - Contains complete updates to every chapter while retaining the outstanding organization of the previous editions - Recommended reading for The American Society for Industrial Security's (ASIS) Certified Protection Professional (CPP) exam

Charles 'Chuck” Sennewald, CSC, CPP, is an independent security management consultant and expert witness and the author of numerous Butterworth-Heinemann titles, including 'Effective Security Management'; 'Security Consulting'; 'Retail Crime, Security and Loss Prevention: An Encyclopedic Reference;' 'From the Files of a Security Expert Witness'; and earlier editions of this book 'The Process of Investigation.' Chuck is a graduate of California State University - Los Angeles with a BS degree in Police Science and Administration. Chuck is also the founder and first president of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC), and is a long-time member of ASIS International. He has lectured and is read in countries around the globe.