CRIJ 2328 Final Exam Review with Complete Solutions

The order of authority is known as the __________. - ANSWER-chain of command The Managerial/Leadership Grid emphasizes concern for - ANSWER-both people and production equally. __________ is the legal right to get things done through others by influencing behavior. - ANSWER-Authority First-line managers are primarily responsible for - ANSWER-overseeing line officers McGregor's Theory X views employees as - ANSWER-lazy Managers should recognize the informal organization that exists within any law enforcement agency. - ANSWER-True In Blake-Mouton's Managerial/Leadership Grid, Task Management is suggested as the ideal management style. - ANSWER-False Delegation includes giving up control, passing the buck and dumping unpleasant tasks on others. - ANSWER-False Managers who use autocratic leadership make decisions without participant input and show little or no concern for subordinates. - ANSWER-True Small agencies perceive their risk of a terrorist attack to be high. - ANSWER-False hierarchy - ANSWER-A group of people organized or classified by rank and authority. In law enforcement, typically pyramid shaped with a single "authority" at the top expanding down and out through the ranks to the broad base of "workers." social capital - ANSWER-A concept to describe the level or degree of social structure within a community and the extent to which individuals within the community feel bonded to each other. Exists at two levels (local and public) and can be measured by trustworthiness, or citizens' trust of each other and their public institutions, and by obligations, or by the expectation that service to each other will be reciprocated. span of control - ANSWER-How many people or units one individual manages or supervises. paradigm - ANSWER-A model, theory or frame of reference.