Guard Force Management looks at the contract guard force as a business and demonstrates how up-to-date 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. The book highlights the interoperability of management functions and focuses on those administrative and financial functions frequently neglected in guard companies. It also discusses planning and conduction guard operations in detail for guard force managers. This is the first book to discuss the full management aspect of the guard business. It demonstrates management principles through practical applications and specifically addresses the needs of a guard company. 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, not academic theories.