Deck 10: Management Planning

Question 1

In the entrepreneurial approach:

A) action is key to success
B) risk taking is not encouraged
C) plans restrict freedom
D) a and c only

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Concerning the entrepreneurial approach, which of the following is true?

A) Priorities are placed on discovering opportunities for improvement and growth.
B) Priorities are placed on making long-range plans.
C) Managers keep tight control on the personnel, in order to deal with problems and explore opportunities.
D) Management does not trust department personnel.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the concerns for system?

A) purpose
B) goals
C) entirety
D) stability

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The police manager who uses the _________ approach shows a high concern for system and stability and a desire to avoid risk, innovation, and creativity.

A) purposeful
B) traditional
C) crisis
D) entrepreneurial

Question 5

In this approach, the police manager is concerned with system, is willing to take risks, and wants to take advantage of opportunities.

A) purposeful approach
B) traditional approach
C) crisis approach
D) entrepreneurial approach

Question 6

This approach exhibits a low or negative concern for system and stability coupled with a strong willingness to accept risk and take advantage of opportunities.

A) purposeful approach
B) traditional approach
C) crisis approach
D) entrepreneurial approach

Question 7

This type of police manager demonstrates minimal concern for system and a desire to avoid risk.

A) purposeful approach
B) traditional approach
C) crisis approach
D) entrepreneurial approach

Question 8

With this approach, long-range planning is both systematic and flexible to encourage innovation and creativity.

A) purposeful approach
B) traditional approach
C) crisis approach
D) entrepreneurial approach

Question 9

This approach holds that there is no long-range planning because in law enforcement the future is totally unpredictable.

A) purposeful approach
B) traditional approach
C) crisis approach
D) entrepreneurial approach

Question 10

The highest priority with the ________ approach is to create a stable organization by developing rules and regulation to minimize tasks.

A) purposeful
B) traditional
C) crisis
D) entrepreneurial

Question 11

In the ___________ approach, long-range planning is both systematic and flexible to encourage innovation and creativity as new facts and opportunities arise.

A) purposeful
B) traditional
C) crisis
D) entrepreneurial

Question 12

In the __________ approach, risk-taking is promoted and trust is placed in the judgment of the department personnel.

A) purposeful
B) traditional
C) crisis
D) entrepreneurial

Question 13

Before selecting a management planning approach, a police manager should evaluate its positive and negative features and its influence on the future of the department. The police manager should also:

A) consider whether the amount of energy expended in planning and problem solving is reasonable in proportion to the potential gain for the department
B) decide whether members of the department will support it
C) determine if there are hidden costs
D) see what people in the community think of it

Question 14

According to the text, what is the foundation on which much of police management is based?

A) hope
B) change
C) planning
D) fiscal resources

Question 15

A manager's concern for risk can be determined by:

A) his or her attitude toward innovation
B) his or her attitude toward opportunity
C) both a and b
D) none of the above

Question 16

Planning is the foundation on which much of police management is based.

Question 17

Planning should only occur at the upper management level.

Question 18

Concern for system is one of the two basic sets of concerns in police management planning.

Question 19

Concern for risk is the second basic set of concerns for planning.

Question 20

In the purposeful approach to decision making, the police manager is not willing to take risks.