Criminal Justice Organizations: Chapter 2 Quiz
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Which of the following is a true statement about task specialization?

  • It involves dividing work into smaller tasks (correct)
  • It eliminates the need for rules and regulations
  • It discourages job satisfaction among employees
  • It has no impact on correctional officers' commitment

    • Formalization has a significant positive impact on correctional officers' job satisfaction. Is this statement true or false?

  • Depends on the organization
  • Partially true
  • True
  • False (correct)

    • Under a tall hierarchy, which aspect characterizes the relationship between supervisors and subordinates?

  • There is no hierarchy in place
  • A supervisor reports to subordinates
  • Supervisors exercise strict rules and regulations (correct)
  • Supervisors have no responsibilities towards subordinates

    • What is portrayed by an organization's mission statement?

    <p>Responsibilities to clients, ideology, values, and principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What describes the process of receiving and allocating funds to achieve an organization's mission?

    <p>Budgeting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of structure attains organizational goals by ensuring that members follow required guidelines?

    <p>Mechanistic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe an organic organization?

    <p>Informal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a bureaucratic system in an organization?

    <p>To enforce strict rules and regulations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a mechanistic organization, how does official communication typically occur?

    <p>Vertically</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is communication usually structured within an organic organization?

    <p>Horizontally</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mechanistic organization?

    <p>Flexible decision-making</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the most common form of an agency budget preparation?

    <p>Line-item</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Is it true or false that a formal structure includes goals, activities, or structures that are not officially acknowledged?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to informal communication based on rumors among organizational members?

    <p>Grapevine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Is it true or false that correctional facilities have no formal administration structure because inmates contribute to the order maintenance goal of prisons?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on Bolman and Deal (2003), are there four organization frames: structural frame, human resource frame, political frame, and symbolic frame?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Are organizational frameworks solely based on formal structures of organizations?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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