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Textbook Assignment 3

Textbook Assignment 3

Q 1. Define responsibility and authority. Explain in detail how each of these terms is related to corrections. 2. Summarize the organizational uses of the chain of command and span of control. Explain in detail how these terms are related to prisons, jails, and community corrections. 3. Define the role of supervisors, and identify why their role is so important to correctional agencies. 4. List the steps of effective delegation of tasks, work, or assignments. Explain in detail why and how these terms are related to prisons, jails, and community corrections.

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According to Seiter (2017), “responsibility is the expectation and obligation to carry out assigned duties.” This means that responsibility fosters work integrity among the correctional staffs. There are certain duties assigned for each level of the correctional officers and responsibility is the sense to carry out those duties with full integrity and devotion. Every staff is required to have responsibility to complete their assigned tasks. Responsibility is the key to better productivity as the more responsible the staffs are the more devoted they will be to their duties in the organization