Question 1

Developing a shared sense of direction requires fixing managerial accountability for discipline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Describe how to create an organizational strategy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe how to create an organizational strategy....

Question 3

Effective police organizations are ones that initiate and reshape their operational services in ways that fulfill their primary mission and increase their value and legitimacy to the public they serve.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

McDonald's (2002) statement "What is counted is what is performed" means that mangers will use their initiative to excel in their work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Define what constitutes an effective strategic police organization.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Identify and describe the steps required to implement an organizational strategy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and describe the steps required to...

Question 7

At the core of internal resistence to change is the desire:

Accepted Answer

A)  to improve the organization 
B)  to achieve community support 
C)  to maintain the status quo 
D)  to maintain power

Question 8

Learning organizations:

Accepted Answer

A)  are constantly concerned with arrest and conviction statistics 
B)  maintain control through limited span of control 
C)  systematically analyze the driving forces affecting them 
D)  maintain the status quo

Question 9

The purpose of an organizational strategy is to shape in a coordinated manner the way by which an organization responds to the environmental demands challenging it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Learning organizations systematically control the driving forces that are affecting them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

When police managers consistently solve new problems only with what has worked in the past and do not create new solutions, they have developed:

Accepted Answer

A)  paradigm paralysis 
B)  critical thinking 
C)  double-loop learning 
D)  strategic analysis

Question 12

Skogan identified all of the following areas of resistance to police transformation EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  rank-and-file officers 
B)  front-line supervisors 
C)  competing demands and expectations 
D)  leadership stability

Question 13

Creating strategy is dependent upon ___________ because a part of strategy development is the planned use of internal resources and organizational strengths.

Accepted Answer

A)  external capacity 
B)  community surveys 
C)  external threat assessment 
D)  inside-out thinking

Question 14

Managers who create their strategy based upon crime and public safety threats are engaging in outside-in strategic thinking.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

It is appropriate to think of strategy as a reactive (adaptive) response to environmental pressure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 4: Setting Strategic Direction

Developing a shared sense of direction requires fixing managerial accountability for discipline.

Describe how to create an organizational strategy.

Effective police organizations are ones that initiate and reshape their operational services in ways that fulfill their primary mission and increase their value and legitimacy to the public they serve.

McDonald's (2002) statement "What is counted is what is performed" means that mangers will use their initiative to excel in their work.

Define what constitutes an effective strategic police organization.

Identify and describe the steps required to implement an organizational strategy.

At the core of internal resistence to change is the desire:

Learning organizations:

The purpose of an organizational strategy is to shape in a coordinated manner the way by which an organization responds to the environmental demands challenging it.

Learning organizations systematically control the driving forces that are affecting them.

When police managers consistently solve new problems only with what has worked in the past and do not create new solutions, they have developed:

Skogan identified all of the following areas of resistance to police transformation EXCEPT:

Creating strategy is dependent upon ___________ because a part of strategy development is the planned use of internal resources and organizational strengths.

Managers who create their strategy based upon crime and public safety threats are engaging in outside-in strategic thinking.

It is appropriate to think of strategy as a reactive (adaptive) response to environmental pressure.