Question 1

Theory Z argues Under total quality management, people work harder to achieve goals they had a hand in choosing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

In ______ management, power is concentrated at the top.

Accepted Answer

A)  scientific 
B)  traditional 
C)  flatter 
D)  fatter 
A)  scientific 
B)  traditional 
C)  flatter 
D)  fatter B

Question 3

What is a flatter and fatter organization?

Accepted Answer

A flatter and fatter organization posit that people are motivated to do their best work in organizations where the power is more distributed across positions, where management listens to workers who know their jobs, where people work in teams, where communication is open and ideas are freely disseminated, where people are allowed to make mistakes and their colleagues are encouraged to learn from them, and where clients are allowed to provide feedback that is relevant to the improvement of the services they receive.

Question 4

Corrections and other criminal justice organizations adopted ways to improve communications through the use of which of the following teams?

Accepted Answer

A)  Training 
B)  Forecasting 
C)  Problem-solving 
D)  all of these 
A)  Training 
B)  Forecasting 
C)  Problem-solving 
D)  all of these

Question 5

Compare and contrast closed institutions and total institutions. Which prison do you think runs more effectively? Why?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare and contrast closed institutions and total...

Question 6

Which of the following theories posits that people want to work, they want a say in that work, they want to do interesting things in their work, and to make a difference with their work.

Accepted Answer

A)  X 
B)  Y 
C)  Z 
D)  None of these 
A)  X 
B)  Y 
C)  Z 
D)  None of these

Question 7

Which of the following organizations encourage education and training for their workers, promote risk-taking and the publication of mistakes by members so that all might learn from them, and open up their doors to evaluation by outside entities so that they might critically assess how they do their work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Closed institutions 
B)  Learning organizations 
C)  Open institutions 
D)  Total organizations 
A)  Closed institutions 
B)  Learning organizations 
C)  Open institutions 
D)  Total organizations

Question 8

The ______ is the public face of the organization.

Accepted Answer

A)  open institution 
B)  closed institution 
C)  formal organization 
D)  informal organization 
A)  open institution 
B)  closed institution 
C)  formal organization 
D)  informal organization

Question 9

Communications in correctional organizations are complicated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following refers to the pyramidal shape of the organization, with one person, the leader, at the top and an expanding number of people below him or her at each level of the organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Power 
B)  Hierarchy 
C)  Specialization 
D)  Rule of law 
A)  Power 
B)  Hierarchy 
C)  Specialization 
D)  Rule of law

Question 11

Which of the following was identified as a leader?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bailiffs 
B)  Court clerks 
C)  Wardens 
D)  Police recruits 
A)  Bailiffs 
B)  Court clerks 
C)  Wardens 
D)  Police recruits

Question 12

What type of institutions are those in which the formal and distinct roles of staff and inmates are sacrosanct, and each must stay separate from the other?

Accepted Answer

A)  Closed 
B)  Total 
C)  Open 
D)  Full 
A)  Closed 
B)  Total 
C)  Open 
D)  Full

Question 13

_____ proponents argue that the greater the involvement of workers or teams in developing and delivering on organizational goals, the higher the level of commitment ot the achievement of the goals.

Accepted Answer

A)  scientific management 
B)  flatter and fatter organizations 
C)  management by objections 
D)  theory Z 
A)  scientific management 
B)  flatter and fatter organizations 
C)  management by objections 
D)  theory Z

Question 14

At the top of the organizational chart for a jail, you will most often find a

Accepted Answer

A)  judge 
B)  corrections officer 
C)  warden 
D)  sheriff 
A)  judge 
B)  corrections officer 
C)  warden 
D)  sheriff

Question 15

Most correctional institutions and programs are not shaped like a bureaucracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Define subculture.

Accepted Answer

A subculture might be defined

Question 17

Bureaucracies were created to increase

Accepted Answer

A)  transparency 
B)  effectiveness 
C)  equity 
D)  efficiency 
A)  transparency 
B)  effectiveness 
C)  equity 
D)  efficiency

Question 18

Being paid by the product produced is referred to as the

Accepted Answer

A)  success rate. 
B)  crime rate. 
C)  exchange rate. 
D)  piece rate. 
A)  success rate. 
B)  crime rate. 
C)  exchange rate. 
D)  piece rate.

Question 19

Bureaucracies were created to increase the efficiency of workers and the uniformity of their work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Leadership involves which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Organizing 
B)  Innovating 
C)  Communicating 
D)  all of these 
A)  Organizing 
B)  Innovating 
C)  Communicating 
D)  all of these

Theory Z argues Under total quality management, people work harder to achieve goals they had a hand in choosing.

In ______ management, power is concentrated at the top.

What is a flatter and fatter organization?

Corrections and other criminal justice organizations adopted ways to improve communications through the use of which of the following teams?

Compare and contrast closed institutions and total institutions. Which prison do you think runs more effectively? Why?

Which of the following theories posits that people want to work, they want a say in that work, they want to do interesting things in their work, and to make a difference with their work.

The ______ is the public face of the organization.

Communications in correctional organizations are complicated.

Which of the following refers to the pyramidal shape of the organization, with one person, the leader, at the top and an expanding number of people below him or her at each level of the organization?

Which of the following was identified as a leader?

What type of institutions are those in which the formal and distinct roles of staff and inmates are sacrosanct, and each must stay separate from the other?

_____ proponents argue that the greater the involvement of workers or teams in developing and delivering on organizational goals, the higher the level of commitment ot the achievement of the goals.

At the top of the organizational chart for a jail, you will most often find a

Most correctional institutions and programs are not shaped like a bureaucracy.

Define subculture.

Bureaucracies were created to increase

Being paid by the product produced is referred to as the

Bureaucracies were created to increase the efficiency of workers and the uniformity of their work.

Leadership involves which of the following?

The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections

Early Corrections: From Ancient Times to Colonial Jails and Prisons

Correctional History: Early Prisons to Corrections Today

Ethics and Corrections

Sentencing: The Application of Punishment

Jails and Detention Centers

Special Problem-Solving Courts in Corrections

Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions

Prisons and the Correctional Client

Classification and Assessment of Offenders

Correctional Programming and Treatment

Parole and Prisoner Reentry

The Corrections Experience for Staff

Women and Corrections

Minorities and Corrections

Juveniles and Corrections

Legal Issues in Corrections

The Death Penalty

Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries

Corrections in the 21st Century

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Exam 13: Correctional Organizations and Their Management

Theory Z argues Under total quality management, people work harder to achieve goals they had a hand in choosing.

In ______ management, power is concentrated at the top.

What is a flatter and fatter organization?

Corrections and other criminal justice organizations adopted ways to improve communications through the use of which of the following teams?

Compare and contrast closed institutions and total institutions. Which prison do you think runs more effectively? Why?

Which of the following theories posits that people want to work, they want a say in that work, they want to do interesting things in their work, and to make a difference with their work.

The ______ is the public face of the organization.

Communications in correctional organizations are complicated.

Which of the following refers to the pyramidal shape of the organization, with one person, the leader, at the top and an expanding number of people below him or her at each level of the organization?

Which of the following was identified as a leader?

What type of institutions are those in which the formal and distinct roles of staff and inmates are sacrosanct, and each must stay separate from the other?

_____ proponents argue that the greater the involvement of workers or teams in developing and delivering on organizational goals, the higher the level of commitment ot the achievement of the goals.

At the top of the organizational chart for a jail, you will most often find a

Most correctional institutions and programs are not shaped like a bureaucracy.

Define subculture.

Bureaucracies were created to increase

Being paid by the product produced is referred to as the

Bureaucracies were created to increase the efficiency of workers and the uniformity of their work.

Leadership involves which of the following?

The Philosophical and Ideological Underpinnings of Corrections

Early Corrections: From Ancient Times to Colonial Jails and Prisons

Correctional History: Early Prisons to Corrections Today

Ethics and Corrections

Sentencing: The Application of Punishment

Jails and Detention Centers

Special Problem-Solving Courts in Corrections

Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions

Prisons and the Correctional Client

Classification and Assessment of Offenders

Correctional Programming and Treatment

Parole and Prisoner Reentry

The Corrections Experience for Staff

Women and Corrections

Minorities and Corrections

Juveniles and Corrections

Legal Issues in Corrections

The Death Penalty

Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries

Corrections in the 21st Century

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