How would Mintzberg’s model for chief executives apply to chiefs of police, sheriffs, and their middle managers?

What will be an ideal response?


Mintzberg model’s uses interpersonal, informational, and decision-maker roles as an analytic framework. The manager’s interpersonal role includes leadership and liaison or human relations duties. For example, a chief or sheriff may have to urge the governing board to enact a code or ordinance that, whether popular or not, is in the best interest of the jurisdiction. The informational role involves the monitoring/inspecting and disseminating information and acting as spokesperson. Many police chiefs monitor their departments by reviewing reports about police activities, such as crime rates, crime clearance rates, response time to calls for service, conviction rates, and so on. The decision-making role occurs at all levels in the police organization. Chiefs and sheriffs make decisions about policies, priorities, and budgets. For example, if a chief decides to implement a new crime prevention program, he or she must decide how it is to be implemented and how it will be staffed or funded.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Using Frederick Hacker's typology, Osama Bin Laden demonstrates the characteristics of

a. having a strong self-preservation attitude; selfish; seeks gain and is task-oriented; avoids high risk; predictably targets small groups b. none of the typologies actually apply to him, we don't know enough to make an accurate judgment. c. a strong survival attitude, but not based in reality; self-centered; goals clear only to perpetrator; irrational and unpredictable; strikes at random d. a death attitude; blends politics and religion; seldom willing to negotiate; task-oriented and indifferent to risk; seeks publicity and largest group possible

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Define the four types of juvenile waiver.

What will be an ideal response?

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Individuals motivated by the positive rewards of the drug experience are sometimes referred to as:

a. mainliners
b. self-destructors
c. maintainers
d. euphoria seekers

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