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WorksheetsEngineering Management: Definition & Decision-Making
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 6mins
Primarily tasked to provide leadership in the quest for the attainment of the organization's objectives
Decision-Making
Engineer Manager
Manager
Management
Process of identifying and choosing alternative courses of action in a manner appropriate to the demands of the situation
Decision-Making
Engineer Manager
Manager
Management
It exists when there is a difference between an actual situation and a desired situation
Problem
Environment
Alternatives
Choice
Components of the Environment in Engineering Management
Internal and External
Air, Fire, and Water
People and Animals
Natural Deposits
Based on whether objectives are accomplished.
Efficiency
Effectivity
Engineering
Management
is the application of the practice of management to the practice of engineering
Engineering Management
Management
Engineering manager
Construction management
is a career that brings together the technological problem-solving ability of engineering and the organizational, administrative, and planning abilities of management in order to oversee the operational performance of complex engineering driven enterprises.
Engineering Management
Management
Engineering Manager
Construction Management
___________ lays emphasis on reducing project completion time without cost constraint.
PERT-CPM
PERT
CPM
Precedence Diagram Method
A planning tool that helps management in its attempts to cope with the uncertainty of the future
Forecasting
Regression Analysis
Simulation
Network Technique
- refers to the activity combining technical knowledge with the
ability to organize and coordinate worker power, materials, machinery, and money.
(a)
Defined as the creative problem-solving process of planning,
organizing, leading, and controlling an organization’s resources to achieve its mission and
objectives.
(a)
Where the engineer is engaged in the process of learning about nature and
codifying this knowledge into usable theories.
Design and Development
Testing
Manufacturing
Where the engineer works in a unit where new products or parts are tested for
workability.
Research
Design and Development
Testing
Manufacturing
Where the engineer undertake the activity of turning a product
concept to a finished physical item
Research
Design and development
Testing
Manufacturing
– Where the engineer is directly in charge of production personnel or
assumes responsibility for the product.
Research
Design and Development
Testing
Manufacturing
– This is where the construction engineer (a civil engineer) is either directly in charge of the construction personnel or may have responsibility for the quality of the
construction process.
Sales
Consulting
Government
Where the engineer works as consultant of any individual or organization
requiring his services.
Construction
Sales
Consulting
Government
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.
Construction
Sales
Consulting
Government
Where the engineer assists the company’s customers to meet their needs, especially
those that require technical expertise.
Construction
Sales
Consulting
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.
Construction
Consulting
Government
Where the engineer is assigned to manage groups of people performing
specific tasks.
(a)
consists of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Specific
activities in management will be discussed more thoroughly in the succeeding topics.
(a)
are the upper-level managers who have the most power and who take overall
responsibility for the organization.
(a)
have similar responsibilities, but usually for just small groups of
employees in a variety of job functions (one division or unit). They develop plans for
implementing the broad goals set by top managers, and they coordinate the work of first-line
managers.
(a)
Desire to work and finish specific tasks assigned by superiors.
Ability
Opportunity
All of the Above
obtaining a suitable managerial job, and finding a supportive climate once on
the job.
Motivation to Manage
Ability
Opportunity
All of the Above
Which quantitative model is used for decision-making related to queuing?
Queuing theory
Inventory models
Forecasting
Simulation
Which quantitative model is used for decision-making related to optimization?
Sampling theory
Linear programming
Network models
Queuing theory
Which quantitative model is used for decision-making related to statistical analysis?
Simulation
Statistical decision theory
Regression analysis
Sampling theory
Which quantitative model is used for decision-making related to inventory?
Queuing theory
Network models
Forecasting
Inventory models
When do managers tend to use the qualitative approach for decision-making?
When the costs involved are significant
When the problem is complex
When immediate decisions are not needed
When the problem is unfamiliar
What are the requirements for the engineer manager's job?
Ability, motivation to manage, opportunity
Technical knowledge, creativity, leadership
Problem-solving skills, communication, teamwork
Analytical thinking, attention to detail, adaptability
