Chapter 1

Question 1

direclty in charge of the construction personnel or may have responsibility for the quality of the construction process

Answer 1

Construction

Question 2

Motivation to Manage

Answer 2

• Favorable attitude towards authority\n- Desire to engage in games or sports with peers\n- Desire to engage in occupational or work-related competition with peers\n- Desire to assert oneself and take charge\n- Desire to exercise power and authority\n- Desire to behave in a distinctive way\n- Sense of responsibility

Question 3

How one may become a successful Engineer Manager

Answer 3

1. Ability\n2. Motivation to Manage\n3. Opportunity

Question 4

Areas that Engineering Encompasses

Answer 4

• Research\n- Design and Development\n- Testing\n- Manufacturing\n- Construction\n- Sales\n- Consulting\n- Government\n- Teaching\n- Management

Question 5

new products or parts are tested for work-ability

Answer 5

Testing

Question 6

employment in a school and is assigned as a teacher of engineering courses.

Answer 6

Teaching

Question 7

assists the company’s customer to meet their needs

Answer 7

Sales

Question 8

Opportunity

Answer 8

• Obtaining sustainable Managerial job\n- Finding a supportive climate once on the job

Question 9

What is the main responsibility of an Engineer?

Answer 9

to lead his group into producing a certain output consistent with the required specifications.

Question 10

Requirement for the Engineer Manager’s Job

Answer 10

• a bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputable school\n- a few years of experience\n- training in supervision\n- special training in engineering management

Question 11

capacity of an engineer manager to achieve organizational objectives effectively and efficiently

Answer 11

Ability

Question 12

performing any of the various tasks in regulating, monitoring, and controlling the activities of various institutions, public and private.

Answer 12

Government

Question 13

production personnel or assumes responsibility for the product

Answer 13

Manufacturing

Question 14

Field of Engineering Management

Answer 14

It is important for the engineer to know what is expected of him so that he may be able to perform his job effectively and efficiently.

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Management

Question 16

where the engineer is assigned to manage groups of people performing specific tasks.

Answer 16

Management

Question 17

where the engineer is engaged in the process of learning about nature and codifying this knowledge into usable theories

Answer 17

Research

Question 18

turning a product concept to a finished physical item

Answer 18

Design and Development

Question 19

Process of Management

Answer 19

1. PLANNING\n2. ORGANIZING\n3. DIRECTING\n4. CONTROLLING

Question 20

From the viewpoint of the engineer, organizations may be classified according to the degree of engineering jobs performed:

Answer 20

• Level One - minimal engineering Job (Retailing firm)\n- Level Two - moderate degree of engineering jobs (Transportation companies)\n- Level Three - High degree of engineering jobs (like construction firms)

Question 21

What is Engineering Management

Answer 21

activity combining “technical knowledge with the ability to organize and coordinate worker power, materials, machinery, and money.”