Exam 1: Introduction to Police Administration

POSDCORB stands for:

Summarize the impact of the Wickersham Commission on American policing.

The community relations era was characterized by participative management.

__________ refers to the processes administrators, middle managers, and supervisors use to give an organization direction and to influence people to work toward organizational goals.

Which of the following terms refers to the general managing and organizing that occurs at the highest levels of an organization?

Many of the problems and concerns that confront police managers and administrators are the same ones that face managers and administrators in other lines of work.

The __________ of the police can be defined as any proper or customary function performed by the police.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of a mission statement?

__________ policing was rooted in team policing, which used participatory management, geographic stability of assignment, and community involvement.

__________ are the specific results or achievements toward which the police organization directs its efforts.