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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do Process Standards provide in making a product?

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

    How does sound organization utilize expertise effectively?

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

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

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

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

    <p>Structure</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Rule</p> Signup and view all the answers

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