Module 1

Question 1

defined as “the creative problem solving process of planning, organizing, leading, andcontrolling an organization’s resources to achieve its mission and objectives.”

Answer 1

Management

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Engineering management

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Management

Question 4

A management must seek to find out the following

Answer 4

 objectives of organization
 think of ways on how to achieve these objectives
 decide on the ways to be adapted and the material resources to be used
 determine the human requirements of the total job
 assign specific tasks to specific persons  motivate these people, and
 Provide means to make sure that the activities are in the right direction.

Question 5

– those with minimal engineering jobs like retailing firms

Answer 5

Level One

Question 6

those with moderate degree of engineering jobs like transportation companies

Answer 6

Level Two

Question 7

– those with a high degree of engineering jobs like construction firms.

Answer 7

Level Three

Question 8

The engineer manager may be assigned to head asmall
engineering unit of the firm, but there will not be too many firms which will have this unit.

Answer 8

Level One

Question 9

the engineer may be assigned to head the engineering division. The needfor
management skills will now be felt by the engineer manager.

Answer 9

Level Two

Question 10

provide the biggest opportunity for an engineer to become the president or general
manager. In this case, the engineer manager cannot function effectively without adequate

Answer 10

Level Three

Question 11

One of the early pioneers of management theory

Answer 11

Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915)

Question 12

, a mechanical engineer who believed that it was management’s task to designjobsproperly and to provide incentives to motivate workers to achieve higher productivity

Answer 12

Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915)

Question 13

believed to have the oldest engineering management department, established as the School of Business Engineering in 1908

Answer 13

Stevens Institute of Technology

Question 14

Principles of Scientific Management (1911)

Answer 14

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)

Question 15

Replace the rule-of-thumb work methods with methods based on scientific study of tasks. Scientifically select, train and develop each worker rather than passively leaving them to train themselves

Answer 15

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Jules Henri Fayol (1841-1925)

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Max Weber

Question 18

He was a Harvard professor who proposed that managers should become more “people oriented”. Conductingexperiments on conditions in the workplace and incorporating the well-published findings of hawthorne studies, Mayodeclared that logical factors were far less important than emotional factors in determining productive efficiency”. Heconcluded that participation in social groups and group pressure as proposed to organizational structuresor
demands from management had the strongest impact on worker productivity.

Answer 18

Elthon Mayo (1880-1949)

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Peter Greenleaf (1904-1990)

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Research

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Design and Development

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Testing

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Manufacturing –

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Construction

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Sales

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Consulting

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Government

Question 28

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 28

Teaching

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Management

Question 30

refers to the capacity of an engineer manager to achieve organizational objectiveseffectively and efficiently

Answer 30

Managerial ability

Question 31

Skills of an Engineer Manager

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Qualifications of an Engineer Manager

Answer 32

1. A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputable school; In some cases, a master’s degreeinengineering or business management is required;
2. A few years’ experience in a pure engineering job;
3. Training in supervision;
4. Special training in engineering management. These qualifications will be of great help to the engineer manager in the performance of the various management
   functions.