Exam 10: Discipline-An Essential Element of Police Supervision

Discipline is defined as

According to the text, in order to maintain discipline, management needs to condition officers in order to promote

According to the text, what creates natural parameters for accepted and expected behavior in an organization?

According to the text, from time to time, it is okay if a supervisor bends a few rules, because nobody is perfect.

The words "disciple" and "discipline" have the same root meaning.

According to the text, disciplinary action should be

What type of discipline is used to prevent deviation for group-shared expectations without resorting to punishment?

Sergeants are expected to increase the employees' productivity through negative discipline.

According to the text, what two skills "come with the stripes"?

According to Dale Carnegie, there are 15 ways in which a sergeant can change a person's attitude without offending them.

Failure to sustain a disciplinary action against an employee puts the supervisor at a risk for a subsequent civil suit.

A sergeant's actions must be legal, reasonable, inconsistent, and timely.

According to the text, one key to effective discipline is to stay as involved as possible in an employee's private life because it helps build strong relationships and trust.

Money and material rewards are not very powerful incentives and do not have a dramatic impact on job-related behavior in law enforcement agencies.

Discipline based on the use of punishment rather than rewards is

Recognition of an employee is not as strong of an incentive as money and other material rewards.

Based on the "hot stove" concept, discipline should be all of the following except

Who usually has direct responsibility for accomplishing the organization's mission, goals, and objectives through the efforts of subordinates?

According to the text, one key to success as a disciplinarian is to never lose control.

The misuse of power by first-line supervisors results in all of the following except it