| Question | Answer |
| What is Management | Difficult to Define |
| Define Management | Based on tasks/responsibilities, organize people,resources, finances. Identifying purposes and goals of organization. Monitoring and controling employee behavavior |
| List the Definitions of Management based on theory | Scientific management, Bureaucratic Theory, Management Theory, Human Relations, Decision Making |
| How many parts to Defination | Two parts to definition |
| Define the two parts of definition | Group process does not occur in isolation with a sole individual Management is an ongoing process of getting things done through a variety of people with the least amount of effort, expense and waste |
| Define Organization | Two or more people working together to achieve common goals |
| What are some of the commonly shared elements in an Organization | Vision, Mission,Values, Strategic Goals |
| What are some of the Characteristics of Organizations | According to Blau & Scott: Owners/Managers. Members/Rank & File, Clients, Commonwealth, non profit |
| Are clients considered as customers | Yes |
| Are Criminals & Citizens considerd as Clients | Yes |
| Does Police/society benefits from the commonwelth | Yes |
| List two values of Organization | Customer service, employee Incentive |
| What is one of the strategic goals of an organization | Increase of productivity |
| Define Organization as Systems | Inputs - $ amount Process - People in organizations Outputs - Tangable results (e.g. jobs - lower crimes) Feedback - evaluate the output |
| Describe the composition of organizations | Organizations are comprised of subsystems, each with their own inputs, processes, outputs, and feedback |
| Define Formal Centralized Organizational Structure | Communication in one way or another Rules & Procedures Chain of command (e.g) military. criminal justice syatem |
| Define Informal Decentralized Organizational Structure | Communication is two way-bi-directional Fewer rules & procedure Less rigid, shorter chains of command |
| Define Department of Corrections in the Organizations Systems | Each prison is a subsystem of the larger organization |
