Determining Resources Needed for Engineering Management
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What is the purpose of determining the quantity and quality of resources needed by strategies or tactics?

  • To ensure wastefulness of resources
  • To accurately plan and allocate resources (correct)
  • To disrupt the performance monitoring process
  • To prevent opportunities for maximizing income

Which of the following is NOT an example of a resource as mentioned in the text?

  • Machinery
  • Financial reserves (correct)
  • Manpower
  • Utility & Office Supplies

What is defined as a 'standard' in the context of monitoring performances?

  • A process for making products
  • A tool to maximize income opportunities
  • A qualitative measuring device
  • A quantitative measuring device (correct)

Which type of standard focuses on weights and measures?

<p>Basic Standards (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do Process Standards provide in making a product?

<p>Methodology for consistent operations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If actual performance does not match planned performance, what can be done according to the text?

<p>Make corrections or provide reinforcements (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the benefits of placing individuals in jobs that suit them best?

<p>Improved job satisfaction (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of facilities administration involves systematic division of work and consistent delegation of authority?

<p>Encouraging growth &amp; diversification (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key role of coordination in an organization, as highlighted in the text?

<p>Ensuring continuity of enterprise (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does sound organization utilize expertise effectively?

<p>By placing individuals in jobs that suit them best (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of facilities administration, what does clear communication among members lead to?

<p>Improved human relations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does delegation and decentralization help to ensure in terms of enterprise?

<p>Continuity of enterprise (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of plan outlines the projected expenditure for a certain activity and explains where the required funds will come from?

<p>Budget (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which management function involves identifying and grouping work to be performed, defining and delegating responsibility and authority?

<p>Organizing (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the arrangement of relationships of positions within an organization called?

<p>Structure (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of plan is specifically developed to implement courses of action that are relatively unique and are unlikely to be repeated?

<p>Single-Use Plan (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are broad guidelines that aid managers at every level in making decisions about recurring situations or functions?

<p>Policies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a statement that either requires or forbids a certain action?

<p>Rule (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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