Engineering Management Flashcards
Acid test ratio
Quick ratio
Management is a/an ____
Art
Engineering is a/an ____
Science
Engineers can become good managers only through ____
Effective career planning
Management function which refers to the process of anticipating problems, analyzing them, and determining actions what will lead to the desired outcomes and goals
Planning
Establishing interrelationships between people and things in such a way that human and material resources are effectively focused toward achieving the goal of the company
Organizing
Management function involving selecting candidates and training personnel
Staffing
Management function involving orienting personnel in the most effective way and channeling resources
Directing
Management function which checks for deviation of actual performance from the original plan and takes corrective action
Controlling
Management function which encourages others to follow the example set for them, with great commitment and conviction
Leading
Principal function of lower management to instill in the workforce commitment and enthusiasm for pursuing the goals of the organization
Motivating
Collection of tools and techniques that are used on a predefined set of inputs to produce a predefined set of outputs
Project Management
Which is NOT an element of the project management process:
Data and information
Research and development
Decision making
Implementation and action
Research and development
Most essential attribute of a project manager
Leadership
Provides a simple yet effective means of monitoring and controlling a project at each stage of its development
Life cycle model
Project life cycle model which is most relevant for an information technology project
Waterfall model
R&D stands for ____
Research and development
O&M stands for ____
Operation and maintenance
An engineer wanting to be a manager must ____
Develop new talents
Acquire new values
Broaden his point of view
When an engineer enters management, what values will he most likely find difficult to acquire?
Trusting others
How to work through others
Taking satisfaction in the work of others
Skills possessed by a project manager
Communication skills
Human relationship skills
Leadership skills
Which of the following is involved in project integration management:
Project plan development
Project plan execution
Integrated change control
Quality planning
Quality planning
Which of the following is NOT involved in project quality management:
Quality planning
Quality assurance
Quality control
Quality feature
Quality feature
Planning activity undertaken by middle management level
Intermediate planning
Planning activity undertaken by top management level
Strategic planning
Advantage of free-rein style of leadership
Little managerial control and high degree of risk
First task of a division manager
Set goals
Process of planning, organizing, and controlling operations to reach objectives efficiently and effectively
Operations management
For a project manager to achieve his given set of goals through other people, he must have good ____
Interpersonal skills
Type of conflict managers ecounter when there is disagreement on issues of territorial power or hidden agenda
Politics
Process of partitioning an organization into subunits to improve efficiency
Departmentalization
By departmentalization, an organization decentralizes _____
Authority, responsibility, accountability
Committee created for a short-term purpose
Ad hoc committee
Describes whether the objectives are accomplished within a time frame
Effectivity
Describes whether the objectives are accomplished using less amount of resources
Efficiency
Test used to measure a person’s current knowledge of a subject
Performance test
Combination of on-the-job training and experience with classroom instruction in a particular subject
Apprenticeship program
Problems concerned with finding the best way to perform a task and making use of mathematical tools for solving such problems
Investment analysis
