Deck 7: Leadership

Question 1

Criminal justice agencies invest an immense amount of money in leadership development programs. True or False

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The most important concern of criminal justice agencies is on ________ and _______ issues.

A) Political, Public
B) Crime, Offenders
C) Crime Analysis, Economy
D) None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

________ contingency model explains that there are three dimensions to leadership in criminal justice organization.

A) Fielder's
B) Woodman's
C) Yukl's
D) None of the above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Initiating structures is the behavioral approach taken by leaders to influence subordinates into completing organizational tasks. True or False

Question 5

Fiedler's test of position power is the ability to _________ and _________ subordinates.

Question 6

In the leadership process it was said that there two dimensions of supervisory behavior:
_________-centered and ___________-centered.

Question 7

__________ is a process that effectively accomplishes organizational goals.

Question 8

There is little empirical evidence on what effective leadership actually involves. True or False

Question 9

Leadership is a group effort, in order to accomplish organizational goals; leaders must influence a number of people.

Question 10

Techniques of leadership are also considered to be different styles of leadership. True or False

Question 11

Criminal justice administrators must operate their organizations in tune with the political realities of the external environment while simultaneously maintaining their own roles identities. True or False

Question 12

This leadership technique states that a person's attitudes and behavior are indirectly influenced by an agent's manipulation of relevant aspects of the physical and social situation.

A) Personal Identification
B) Decision Identification
C) Rational Persuasion
D) Situational Engineering

Question 13

A leader has high ____________ control when he or she has good leader-member relations, high task structure, and high position power.

Question 14

____________ intelligence suggests that leaders are most effective when they understand people in organizations and have a passion about doing what is right in an organization, such that people perform for them.

A) Legal
B) Emotional
C) Political
D) None of the above

Question 15

Research in criminal justice leadership is predominately focused on the behavior of individual leaders is known as the ______________ approach.

A) Inspirational
B) Emotional
C) Behavioral
D) Informational

Question 16

According to Fiedler (1967), it is easier to change specific issues within the criminal justice work place versus having to change a leadership style. True or False.

Question 17

Yukl (1981) leadership techniques include all of the following, except?

A) Legitimate Request
B) Rational Persuasion
C) Rational Faith
D) Personal Goal

Question 18

____________ theories focus on the situation or context to understand leadership in organizations.

Question 19

There are _____ techniques that are put into practice in the criminal justice workplace.

A) 8
B) 7
C) 15
D) 11

Question 20

Behavioral approach takes into personal goals while effectively accomplishing organizational tasks. True or False

Question 21

Under path-goal theory, researchers assert that there is only one type of leadership style that is suffice, for all situations that criminal justice organizations encounter. True or False

Question 22

Technology is deeply embedded in criminal justice agencies, however, new types of crime pose a threat to the organizations, all of these crimes pose a threat besides:

A) Identity Theft
B) Internet Sex Predators
C) Terrorists
D) Human Trafficking

Question 23

The process of how leaders transform organizations to yield optimal results is known as___________.

Question 24

In order to provide an effective form of leadership it is important to have goal statements aside from the mission and vision being put into practice. True or False

Question 25

Demands are being made to criminal justice organizations in order to be flexible and creative in responding to crime. True or False

Question 26

This style of leadership suggests that if leader sets high expectations then their subordinates will put forth extensive effort to achieve those goals:

A) Supportive Leadership
B) Participative Leadership
C) Directive Leadership
D) Achievement-Oriented Leadership

Question 27

________ authority system of the organization is a second critical factor in the environment.

Question 28

To be an effective it is important to exert control over external environments. True or False

Question 29

Based on path-goal theory there are four styles of leadership, all styles are truly identified as a leadership style besides:

A) Detective Leadership
B) Supportive Leadership
C) Participative Leadership
D) Achievement-Oriented Leadership

Question 30

Path-Goal Theory suggests that the interaction between leader behavior and the situational aspects of the organization is detrimental for the efficacy of the agency. True or False