Managing and Leading Today's Police
______ is the backbone of a police department. - ANS -Patrol
\_______ _______ require a reduction in the span of control. - ANS -Complex problems
\__________ describe how officers are to complete a specific task. - ANS -Procedures
\______________ remains a key consideration when organizing a police department. - ANS
-Accountability
\_________________ __________ approaches such as participative management began to
appear in policing. - ANS -Employee-centered management
\* The average employee dislikes work and will avoid it whenever possible
* People are lazy, avoid responsibility, and must be controlled, directed and coerced to perform
their work
* People are inherently self-centered and do not care about organizational needs.
* People will naturally resist change - ANS -Theory X
\* The average employee does not inherently dislike work.
* People will exercise self-control and are self-directed when motivated to achieve
organizational goals.
* People are capable of learning and will not only accept but seek responsiblility.
* People's capacity for imagination , ingenuity, and creativity is only partially utilized. - ANS
-Theory Y
\1. Police officers not smoke in public
2. Check the operation of your police vehicle and equipment before going on patrol
3. Do not consume alcoholic beverages within a specified number of hours of going on duty
4. Arrive in court or roll call early or
5. Specify the type of weapons that officers carry on or off duty - ANS -Examples of rules and
regulations
\A form of decentralization where personnel from different units are merged together to focus on
a specific problem.. - ANS -Matrix structure
\A patrol Sergeant will supervise ___ to ___ officers. - ANS -6, 10
\A police department's _______ consists of the officers' collective worldview, values, adn norms
and defines how officers perceive their work, department, and citizens, adn ultimately it affects
how they do their jobs. - ANS -culture
\all that goes with budgeting in the form of fiscal planning, accounting, and control. - ANS
-Budgeting
\An attempt to determine the level of illumination (light) and pattern of employee breaks that
produced the highest levels of worker productivity. - ANS -The Hawthorne Experiments
\An important caveat associated with delegation of authority is that when responsibilities are
delegated, the people being held accountable must have - ANS -commensurate authority
\demonstrated that people were motivated by things other than money or material rewards. -
ANS -Maslow's heirarchy of needs
______ is the backbone of a police department. - ANS -Patrol
\_______ _______ require a reduction in the span of control. - ANS -Complex problems
\__________ describe how officers are to complete a specific task. - ANS -Procedures
\______________ remains a key consideration when organizing a police department. - ANS
-Accountability
\_________________ __________ approaches such as participative management began to
appear in policing. - ANS -Employee-centered management
\* The average employee dislikes work and will avoid it whenever possible
* People are lazy, avoid responsibility, and must be controlled, directed and coerced to perform
their work
* People are inherently self-centered and do not care about organizational needs.
* People will naturally resist change - ANS -Theory X
\* The average employee does not inherently dislike work.
* People will exercise self-control and are self-directed when motivated to achieve
organizational goals.
* People are capable of learning and will not only accept but seek responsiblility.
* People's capacity for imagination , ingenuity, and creativity is only partially utilized. - ANS
-Theory Y
\1. Police officers not smoke in public
2. Check the operation of your police vehicle and equipment before going on patrol
3. Do not consume alcoholic beverages within a specified number of hours of going on duty
4. Arrive in court or roll call early or
5. Specify the type of weapons that officers carry on or off duty - ANS -Examples of rules and
regulations
\A form of decentralization where personnel from different units are merged together to focus on
a specific problem.. - ANS -Matrix structure
\A patrol Sergeant will supervise ___ to ___ officers. - ANS -6, 10
\A police department's _______ consists of the officers' collective worldview, values, adn norms
and defines how officers perceive their work, department, and citizens, adn ultimately it affects
how they do their jobs. - ANS -culture
\all that goes with budgeting in the form of fiscal planning, accounting, and control. - ANS
-Budgeting
\An attempt to determine the level of illumination (light) and pattern of employee breaks that
produced the highest levels of worker productivity. - ANS -The Hawthorne Experiments
\An important caveat associated with delegation of authority is that when responsibilities are
delegated, the people being held accountable must have - ANS -commensurate authority
\demonstrated that people were motivated by things other than money or material rewards. -
ANS -Maslow's heirarchy of needs
