Module 1 Flashcards
it is defined as “the creative problem solving process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling an organization’s resources to achieve its mission and objectives”.
Management
refers to “the activity combining technical knowledge with the ability to organize
and coordinate worker power, materials, machinery, and money.”
Engineering Management
Is a process consisting of planning, organizing, directing (or leading), and controlling.
Management
what level are those with moderate degree of engineering jobs like transportation companies.
level 2
what level are those with minimal engineering jobs like retailing firms.
level 1
what level are those with a high degree of engineering jobs like construction firms.
level 3
What level has the biggest opportunity for an engineer to become president or general manager.
level 3
a mechanical engineer 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)
_________ is believed to have the oldest engineering management department, established as the School of Business in 1908.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Other name of School of Business Engineering.
Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management (BEEM)
in _______ the first department concentrating on Engineering Management was established 1927 in Berlin.
Germany
What University began an Engineering Management programs in the school of Business and Economics in Fall of 2012.
Michigan Technological University
University of Warwick has a specialized department WMG
established in 1980, which offers a graduate programme in MSc Engineering Business Management.
UK
The Istanbul Technical University has a Management Engineering Department
established in 1982, offering a number of graduate and undergraduate programs in Management Engineering.
Turkey
what country that Memorial University of Newfoundland has started a complete master’s
degree Program in Engineering Management.
Canada
Who offers bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in Engineering Management?
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Wrote the principle of Scientific Management (1911)
Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)
According to him, specialization promotes 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.
Max Weber
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 was a Harvard professor who proposed that managers should become more “people oriented”.
Elthon Mayo (1880-1949)
He explained that becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve followed by the
aspiration to lead.
Peter Greenleaf (1904-1990) or Robert K. Greenleaf
Give four main processes of management.
- Planning
- Organizing
- Leading or directing
- Controlling
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.
Construction
Where the engineer assists the company’s customers to meet their needs, especially those that require
technical expertise.
Sales
Where the engineer works as 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
Government
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
Give the three general preconditions for achieving lasting success as a manager.
- Ability
- Motivation to manage
- Opportunity
Who developed a psychometric instrument to measure objectively an individual’s motivation to manage.
John B. Miner
Refers to the capacity of an engineer manager to achieve organizational objectives
effectively and efficiently.
Ability
According to Higgins, refers to a description of “whether objectives are accomplished”
Effectiveness
Is a description of the “relative amount of resources used in obtaining effectiveness.”
Efficiency
Give the qualifications of an Engineer Manager.
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputable school; In some cases, a master’s degree in
engineering or business management is required; - A few years’ experience in a pure engineering job;
- Training in supervision;
- Special training in engineering management.
The opportunity for successful management has two requirements, give those two.
- Obtaining a suitable managerial job, and
- Finding a supportive climate once on the job.
