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?

Basic Standards Signup and view all the answers

What do Process Standards provide in making a product?

Methodology for consistent operations Signup and view all the answers

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

Make corrections or provide reinforcements Signup and view all the answers

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

Improved job satisfaction Signup and view all the answers

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

Encouraging growth & diversification Signup and view all the answers

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

Ensuring continuity of enterprise Signup and view all the answers

How does sound organization utilize expertise effectively?

By placing individuals in jobs that suit them best Signup and view all the answers

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

Improved human relations Signup and view all the answers

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

Continuity of enterprise 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?

Budget Signup and view all the answers

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

Organizing Signup and view all the answers

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

Structure 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?

Single-Use Plan Signup and view all the answers

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

Policies Signup and view all the answers

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

Rule Signup and view all the answers