Module 1

Question 1

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”.

Answer 1

Management

Question 2

refers to “the activity combining technical knowledge with the ability to organize
and coordinate worker power, materials, machinery, and money.”

Answer 2

Engineering Management

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Management

Question 4

what level are those with moderate degree of engineering jobs like transportation companies.

Answer 4

level 2

Question 5

what level are those with minimal engineering jobs like retailing firms.

Answer 5

level 1

Question 6

what level are those with a high degree of engineering jobs like construction firms.

Answer 6

level 3

Question 7

What level has the biggest opportunity for an engineer to become president or general manager.

Answer 7

level 3

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915)

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Stevens Institute of Technology

Question 10

Other name of School of Business Engineering.

Answer 10

Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management (BEEM)

Question 11

in _______ the first department concentrating on Engineering Management was established 1927 in Berlin.

Answer 11

Germany

Question 12

What University began an Engineering Management programs in the school of Business and Economics in Fall of 2012.

Answer 12

Michigan Technological University

Question 13

University of Warwick has a specialized department WMG
established in 1980, which offers a graduate programme in MSc Engineering Business Management.

Answer 13

UK

Question 14

The Istanbul Technical University has a Management Engineering Department
established in 1982, offering a number of graduate and undergraduate programs in Management Engineering.

Answer 14

Turkey

Question 15

what country that Memorial University of Newfoundland has started a complete master’s
degree Program in Engineering Management.

Answer 15

Canada

Question 16

Who offers bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in Engineering Management?

Answer 16

The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Question 17

Wrote the principle of Scientific Management (1911)

Answer 17

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Jules Henri Fayol (1841-1925)

Question 19

He was a German sociologist who approached management by focusing on organizational structures, dividing
organizations into hierarchies with clear lines of authority and control.

Answer 19

Max Weber

Question 20

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 20

Max Weber

Question 21

He was a Harvard professor who proposed that managers should become more “people oriented”.

Answer 21

Elthon Mayo (1880-1949)

Question 22

He explained that becoming a servant-leader begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve followed by the
aspiration to lead.

Answer 22

Peter Greenleaf (1904-1990) or Robert K. Greenleaf

Question 23

Give four main processes of management.

Answer 23

1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Leading or directing
4. Controlling

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Research

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Design and Development

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Testing

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Manufacturing

Question 28

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.

Answer 28

Construction

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Sales

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Consulting

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Government

Question 32

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 32

Teaching

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Management

Question 34

Give the three general preconditions for achieving lasting success as a manager.

Answer 34

1. Ability
2. Motivation to manage
3. Opportunity

Question 35

Who developed a psychometric instrument to measure objectively an individual’s motivation to manage.

Answer 35

John B. Miner

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Ability

Question 37

According to Higgins, refers to a description of “whether objectives are accomplished”

Answer 37

Effectiveness

Question 38

Is a description of the “relative amount of resources used in obtaining effectiveness.”

Answer 38

Efficiency

Question 39

Give the qualifications of an Engineer Manager.

Answer 39

1. A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputable school; In some cases, a master’s degree in
   engineering 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.

Question 40

The opportunity for successful management has two requirements, give those two.

Answer 40

1. Obtaining a suitable managerial job, and
2. Finding a supportive climate once on the job.