Who is the NIC Headed By?
the US Attorney General
What Type of Structure is the State Administration?
Paramilitary Structure
System-wide Administrators
managers who are at the executive level and direct the entire system throughout the state
Regional-level Administrators
managers who oversee a specific region of a state
Unit-level Administrators
the third level of administrators in state agencies, which includes personnel who manage the individual prison facility
Strategic Plans
broad managerial documents that include goals and objectives of the agency and they state the general direction in which an agency intends to operate
Reactive Style of Management
used when a supervisor waits until a problem develops and then after it has emerged responds to remedy the situation
Proactive Style of Management
seek to anticipate and correct problems before they develop
Authoritarian Model
strict control over staff and inmates with communication that flows from a top to bottom process; consistent with reactive management style
Bureaucratic Model
creates a formal organizational system that operates in a system that is not dependent upon the specific
Holding Pattern Management
the system continues to operate but in a pattern of stasis where there is no true growth or a blockage in the systematic flow
Participative Methods
opinions and feedback offered from both inmates and staff when making decisions regarding the operations and governance of the prison facility
Prison Grapevine
information passed through the personal communications of employees to employees, inmates to inmates, employees to inmates and inmates to employees
Centralized Management
tight forms of control in the communication process that ensure the decision-making power is reserved to only a small group of people
Decentralized Management
the authority and responsibility of management personnel are divided and distributed amongst various levels of the supervisory chain so that each level of supervision may make decisions that correspond to the problems that confront it at its particular le
Strategic Planning
determination of long term goals and objectives for an agency, usually spanning a period of one or more years in scope
Tactical Planning
ground level planning that is narrow in focus usually structured around the resolution of a particular issue or something that confronts the agency on a short term basis
Emotional Intelligence
how adept a person is at noticing and responding to the emotional cues and information exhibited by others with whom they interact
Rogues and Mavericks
employees who tend to act as if they are independent of the broader institution
Span of Control
sphere of control that supervisors have over employees that they encounter and interact with on a routine basis and whom they are able to consult with to gain observable compliance
Span of Influence
extended impact that a supervisor has upon employee behavior that my occur beyond his or her own actual observation but through the effects of other organizational members, is carried forth as the desired means of operation
Disturbance Control Teams
trained to control small and large disruptions
Armed Disturbance Control Teams
deal with life and death situations
Special Operations Response Teams
where there is a serious risk of public safety