Engineering of Materials

Question 1

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

Answer 1

MANAGEMENT

Question 2

Those with minimal engineering jobs like retailing firms.

Answer 2

LEVEL ONE

Question 3

Those with moderate degrees of engieering jobs like transportation companies.

Answer 3

LEVEL TWO

Question 4

Those high degree of engineering jobs like construction firms.

Answer 4

LEVEL THREE

Question 5

One of the the early pioneera of management theory, and a mechanical engineers who believed that it was management’s task to design jobs properly and to provide incentives to motivate workers to achieve higher productivity.

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FREDERICK W. TAYLOR ( 1856-1915)

Question 6

He Replace the rule-of-thumb work methods with methods based on scientific study of tasks.

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FREDERICK W. TAYLOR

Question 7

What year is the Principle o Scientific Management

Answer 7

1911

Question 8

believed to have the oldest engineering management department, eatablished as the school of Business Engineering in 1908. This was later called the Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management (BEEM) program and moved into the school of systems and Enterprises.

Answer 8

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Question 9

According to him, specialization promotes the efficiency of the workforce and increases productivity. In addition, the specialization of the workforce increases their accuracy and speed.

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JULES HENRI FAYOL (1841-1925)

Question 10

He was a German sociologist who approached management by focusing on organizational structures, dividing organizations into hierarchies with clear lines of authority and control. He believed that an ideal bureaucracy consists of six specific characteristics: hierarchy of command, impersonality, written rules of conduct, advancement based on achievement, specialized division of labor and efficiency.

Answer 10

MAX WEBER

Question 11

He explained that becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve followed by the aspiration to lead. Although the concept of servant leader is found in the bible and might even date further back into antiquity, it was first proposed as a management by him.

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Robert K. Greenleaf (1904-1990)

Question 12

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

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RESEARCH

Question 13

where the engineer undertakes the activity of turning a product concept to a finished physical item.

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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Question 14

where the engineer works in a unit where new products or part are tested for work ability.

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TESTING

Question 15

where the engineer is directly in charge of production personnel or assumes responsibility for the product.

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MANUFACTURING

Question 16

this is where the construction engineer is either directly in charge of the construction personnel or may have responsibility for the quality of the construction process.

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CONSTURCTION

Question 17

where the engineer assists the company’s customers to meet their needs, especially those that require technical expertise.

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SALES

Question 18

•where the engineer works as a consultant of any individual or organization requiring his services.

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CONSULTING

Question 19

where the engineer may find employment in the government performing any of the various tasks in regulating, monitoring, and controlling the activities of various institutions, public or private

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GOVERMENT

Question 20

where the engineer gets employment in a school and is assigned as a teacher of engineering courses. Some of them later become deans, vice presidents and presidents.

Answer 20

TEACHING

Question 21

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

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MANAGEMENT

Question 22

He indicates at least three general preconditions for achieving lasting success as a manager.

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KREITNER

Question 23

What are the Three general preconditions for achieving lasting success as a manager?

Answer 23

1. Ability
2. Motivation to manage, and
3. Opportunity

Question 24

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

Answer 24

MANAGERIAL ABILITY

Question 25

according to Higgins, refers to a description of “whether objectives are accomplished”, while efficiency is a description of the “relative amount of resources used in obtaining effectiveness

Answer 25

EFFECTIVENESS

Question 26

A management researcher, He developed a psychometric instrument to measure objectively an individual’s motivation to manage.

Answer 26

JOHN B. MINER

Question 27

Successful managers become possible only if those having the ability and motivation are given the opportunity to manage.

Answer 27

OPPORTUNITY

Question 28

What are the two requirements of the opporrunity for successful managgement?

Answer 28

•Obtaining a suitable managerial job, and

•Finding a supportive climate once on the job