Engineering of Materials Flashcards
Is a process consisting of planning , or organizing, directing ( or leading ) , and controlling.
MANAGEMENT
Those with minimal engineering jobs like retailing firms.
LEVEL ONE
Those with moderate degrees of engieering jobs like transportation companies.
LEVEL TWO
Those high degree of engineering jobs like construction firms.
LEVEL THREE
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.
FREDERICK W. TAYLOR ( 1856-1915)
He Replace the rule-of-thumb work methods with methods based on scientific study of tasks.
FREDERICK W. TAYLOR
What year is the Principle o Scientific Management
1911
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.
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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.
JULES HENRI FAYOL (1841-1925)
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.
MAX WEBER
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.
Robert K. Greenleaf (1904-1990)
where the engineers is engaged in the process of learning about nature and codifying this knowledge into usable theories.
RESEARCH
where the engineer undertakes the activity of turning a product concept to a finished physical item.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
where the engineer works in a unit where new products or part are tested for work ability.
TESTING
where the engineer is directly in charge of production personnel or assumes responsibility for the product.
MANUFACTURING
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.
CONSTURCTION
where the engineer assists the company’s customers to meet their needs, especially those that require technical expertise.
SALES
•where the engineer works as a consultant of any individual or organization requiring his services.
CONSULTING
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
GOVERMENT
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.
TEACHING
where the engineer is assigned to manage groups of people performing specific tasks
MANAGEMENT
He indicates at least three general preconditions for achieving lasting success as a manager.
KREITNER
What are the Three general preconditions for achieving lasting success as a manager?
- Ability
- Motivation to manage, and
- Opportunity
refers to the capacity of an engineer manager to achieve organizational objectives effectively and efficiently.
MANAGERIAL ABILITY
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
EFFECTIVENESS
A management researcher, He developed a psychometric instrument to measure objectively an individual’s motivation to manage.
JOHN B. MINER
Successful managers become possible only if those having the ability and motivation are given the opportunity to manage.
OPPORTUNITY
What are the two requirements of the opporrunity for successful managgement?
•Obtaining a suitable managerial job, and
•Finding a supportive climate once on the job
