Administration And Management In Criminal Justice 2nd Edition By Jennifer M. – Test Bank

ISBN-13: 978-1483350707 ISBN-10: 9781483350707

Chapter 1:

Defining Management and Organization

Test Bank

Multiple Choice (25)

1. If management is defined as maximizing organizational productivity through employee selection and training and task planning, then it is defined consistent with _________.

*a. Scientific management

1. Administrative management
2. Bureaucratic management
3. Human relations theory

Answer location: (Defining Management) p. 3

Question Type: MC

2. _________ is an ongoing process of getting things done through a variety of people with the least amount of effort, expense, and waste, resulting in the achievement of organizational goals.
3. Organization
4. Leadership

*c. Management

1. Strategy

Answer location: (Defining Management) p. 3

Question Type: MC

3. Prosecutors represent the state in criminal cases against accused offenders. According to Blau and Scott’s categories of organizational beneficiaries, the beneficiary of the prosecutor’s office is best considered the _________.
4. Owner/manager
5. Rank and file/member
6. Client

*d. Commonwealth

Answer location: (Identifying an Organization) p. 4

Question Type: MC

4. The _________of an organization is/are considered its priorities.
5. Vision
6. Mission

*c. Values

1. Strategic goals

Answer location: (Identifying an Organization) p. 4

Question Type: MC

5. A centralized organization is characterized by which of the following?
6. Lower-level staff make decisions
7. Delegation of authority

*c. Managers making most key decisions

1. Few levels of authority between the top managers and the line staff at the bottom

Answer location: (Identifying an Organization) p. 6