Exam 4: Organization and Management

What is the primary mechanism for controlling and coordinating everything an organization does?

________ explicitly describe what an officer can or cannot do, such as which types of weapons the department will allow an officer to carry while on duty.

Documentation or ensuring that all or most communications are in writing, serves to inform others about what has previously occurred within the department and to hold people accountable.

The process of transmitting information and meaning between or among groups and individuals through a system of symbols, signs, and behavior.

__________ involves an organization creating an increasing number of specialized units as the organization becomes larger, and it is important that units work together toward common objectives.

Better-trained, better-educated officers are able to accept greater responsibilities, thereby reducing the need for specialization.

__________ identified six principles that have become the foundation of classical organizational theory and are used in police departments today.

Which departments have more specialization?

___________ refers to training that is designed to provide veteran officers with new skills or to update them on changes in the law, criminal procedures, departmental procedures, or general police procedures.

________ describe the department's position relative to some problem or area of concern.

Operation planning is where programs or strategies are developed to achieve goals and objectives emanating from policy planning.

___________'s equity theory states that people examine rewards in relation to the rewards and efforts of others.

Contract negotiations usually begin about three months before the expiration of the current contract.

Which technique is used to divide work among employees so that it can be performed more efficiently and effectively?