Exam 12: Control and Productivity in the Police Setting

Which of the following is NOT an administrative challenge that can be dealt with by appropriate control mechanisms?

__________ can be defined as the targeted level of activity.

Capital investment is unrelated to productivity.

Which of the following is NOT a tool administrators can use to measure performance and maintain control?

Levels of control in organizations include:

__________ surveys are often used as a contemporary measure of police productivity.

What methods do police administrators use to develop formal policies and written guidelines?

Summarize the four elements of the control process.

The lowest level of control is:

__________ control is unwritten and informal, whereas output and behavioral control are somewhat more concrete, codified, and quantifiable.