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Police-community relations (pcr) ________.

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Correct Answer: Recognizes that the police derive their legitimacy from the community they serve

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A leadership style that employs proactive and innovative approaches to make changes within an organization is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Transformational Leadership

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A leadership style that broadens and elevates their follower’s interests and generates _____ of the group’s purpose and mission.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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A theory based on the premise that an organization is composed of several interrelated and interdependent parts combined to accomplish an overall goal is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Systems Theory

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A theory that focuses on how external resources of organizations influence organizational behavior is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Both b and c

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Organizations that formally represent police officers refer to Police Associations.

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Correct Answer: True

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A style that resembles or has characteristics like those of the military is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Paramilitary

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The characteristic of having _____ feelings toward an institution is known as Organizational Cynicism.

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Correct Answer: Negative

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Morale is the _____ condition of an individual or group regarding the function or tasks at hand.

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Correct Answer: Both b and c

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Institutional Theory is a theory based on the idea that an organization’s goals and structural arrangement are influenced by the _____ elements found within its institutional environment.

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Correct Answer: Both b and c

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Institutional Theory is a theory based on the idea that an organization’s goals and structural arrangement are influenced by the _____ elements found within its institutional environment.

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Correct Answer: Both b and c

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Employee Assistance Programme is a service to officers who are experiencing some sort of problem, whether it be _____

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Correct Answer: Any of these

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A structure of police organization meant to put police officers back into direct contact with residents is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Decentralized

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Cynicism is an attitude of contemptuous distrust of human _____

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Correct Answer: Both

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A theory based on the idea that organizations are rational entities seeking to maximize their levels of effectiveness and efficiency and are structured in a way that allows them to reach their goals is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Contingency Theory

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COMPSTAT is a goal-oriented management process that uses _____ to structure the way that police agencies provide services related to crime control.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The process of negotiations between employers and union representatives with the goal of reaching an agreement on the working conditions of their members is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Collective Bargaining

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Civil Service System determines employment based on professional merit using competitive examinations.

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Correct Answer: True

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CALEA is a credentialing agency for law _____ agencies in the United States.

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Correct Answer: Enforcement

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Burnout is a prolonged response to continual _____ stressors in the workplace.

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Correct Answer: Both a and c

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Bureaucracy is a hierarchical organizational style that promotes_____

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Correct Answer: Reliability

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