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?

Responsibilities to clients, ideology, values, and principles Signup and view all the answers

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

Budgeting Signup and view all the answers

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

Mechanistic Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe an organic organization?

Informal Signup and view all the answers

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

To enforce strict rules and regulations Signup and view all the answers

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

Vertically Signup and view all the answers

How is communication usually structured within an organic organization?

Horizontally Signup and view all the answers

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

Flexible decision-making Signup and view all the answers

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

Line-item 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?

False Signup and view all the answers

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

Grapevine 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?

False 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?

True Signup and view all the answers

Are organizational frameworks solely based on formal structures of organizations?

False Signup and view all the answers

Criminal Justice Organizations: Chapter 2 Quiz

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Which of the following is a true statement about task specialization?

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

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

What is portrayed by an organization's mission statement?

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

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

What term is used to describe an organic organization?

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

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

How is communication usually structured within an organic organization?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Are organizational frameworks solely based on formal structures of organizations?

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