Chapter 1

Question 1

____ integrate and coordinate the short-range decisions and activities of first-line supervisory groups to achieve the long-range goals of the enterprise.

Answer 1

Middle managers

Question 2

According to ____ management is the process of acquiring and combining human, financial, informational, and physical resources to attain the organization’s primary goal of producing a product or service desired by some segment of society.

Answer 2

Pringle, Jennings and Longnecker

Question 3

Capacity of an engineer to achieve organizational objective effectively and efficiently.

Answer 3

Ability

Question 4

Directly supervise non-managers. They hold titles such as foreman, supervisor, or section chief.

Answer 4

First-line managers

Question 5

____ evaluate the performance of major departments, and evaluate leading management personnel to gauge their readiness for promotion to key executive positions.

Answer 5

Top managers

Question 6

____ is a “creative problem-solving process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling an organization’s resources to achieve its mission and objectives”

Answer 6

Management

Question 7

_____ the practitioners of the art of managing the application of science and mathematics. By this description, engineering has a limitless variety of possible disciplines

Answer 7

Engineers

Question 8

According to ____ management is a set of activities (including planning and decision making, organizing, leading, and controlling) directed at an organization’s resources (human, financial, physical, and information) with the aim of achieving organizational goals in an efficient and effective manner.

Answer 8

Griffin

Question 9

____ means by which people make possible the realization of human dreams by extending their reach in the real world

Answer 9

Engineering

Question 10

An ___ is responsible for carrying out its management process.

Answer 10

organization’s senior management

Question 11

According to ____ management is the work of creating and maintaining environments in which people can accomplish goals efficiently and effectively.

Answer 11

Albanese

Question 12

_____ carry titles such as plant manager, division head, chief engineer, or operations manager.

Answer 12

Middle managers

Question 13

Make plans of intermediate range to achieve the long-range goals set by top management, establish departmental policies, and evaluate the performance of subordinate work units and their managers.

Answer 13

Middle managers

Question 14

Make short-range operating plans governing what will be done tomorrow or next week, assign tasks to their workers, supervise the work that is done, and evaluate the performance of individual workers.

Answer 14

First-line managers

Question 15

____ is distinguished from other managers because he [or she] possesses both an ability to apply engineering principles and a skill in organizing and directing people and projects.

Answer 15

Engineering Manager

Question 16

A _____ sometimes referred to as the process performance measurement and management system.

Answer 16

process management

Question 17

_____ bear titles such as chairman of the board, president, or executive vice president; the top one of these will normally be designated chief executive officer (CEO).

Answer 17

Top managers

Question 18

_____ responsible for defining the character, mission, and objectives of the enterprise.

Answer 18

Top managers

Question 19

__ is a process consisting of planning, organizing, directing (or leading), and controlling.

Answer 19

Management

Question 20

unique two types of job to qualify as engineering manager

Answer 20

the management of technical functions
the management of broader functions

Question 21

Three skills are required for the managerial level.

Answer 21

Technical Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Conceptual Skills

Question 22

Responsible for carrying out the plans and objectives of higher management, using the personnel and other resources assigned to them.

Answer 22

First-line managers

Question 23

The five elements of the management process are ___.

Answer 23

planning
organizing
coordination
motivation
control

Question 24

_____ must seek to find out the objectives of the organization, think of ways on how to achieve them, decide on the ways to be adapted and the material resources to be used, determine the human requirements of the total job, assign specific tasks to specific persons, motivate them and make sure that the activities are in the right direction.

Answer 24

Management

Question 25

According to ____ management is the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources.

Answer 25

Certo

Question 26

_____ establish criteria for and review long-range plans.

Answer 26

Top managers

Question 27

According to ____ management is the process of achieving desired results through efficient utilization of human and material resources.

Answer 27

Bedeian

Question 28

_____ is the ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste

Answer 28

Efficiency

Question 29

_____ is whether objectives are accomplished. The degree to which objectives are achieved and the extent to which targeted problems are solved

Answer 29

Effectiveness

Question 30

it is the responsibility of the project manager to carry out a ____

Answer 30

project management process

Question 31

According to ____ management is the process by which managers create, direct, maintain, and operate purposive organizations through coordinated, cooperative human effort.

Answer 31

McFarland