Guard Force Management, Updated Edition - Hardcover

Canton, Lucien

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750677414 ISBN 13: 9780750677417

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003

Synopsis

Guard Force Management looks at the contract guard force as a business and demonstrates how current management techniques can be used to improve efficiency and increase profitability. The author takes proven management principles and applies them to the competitive security industry.

This updated edition includes an entirely new chapter on preparation and response to crisis in order to maintain business continuity. The book focuses on administrative and financial functions that are frequently neglected in guard companies, and discusses planning and conducting guard operations in detail.

* Addresses the administrative, financial and client service needs of the security guard function;
* Details the analytical steps needed to establish, equip, train and employ a guard force;
* Emphasizes practical, proven management techniques

About this title

Book Description

Applies proven management principles to the contract security industry

About the Author

Lucien G. Canton, CPP, began his security career as a part-time contract security guard while attending the University of San Francisco. Following service in the U.S. Army and earning his MBA in International Business, he worked for both small and large guard companies in the United States and abroad. Following the Loma Prieta Earthquake in San Francisco in 1989, Mr. Canton joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an emergency planner. In 1996, he was appointed Director of Emergency Services for the City and County of San Francisco. Mr. Canton is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security and the International Association of Emergency Managers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0750677414
• ISBN 13: 9780750677417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208