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What is the application of management principles and practices to the engineering function?
Engineering management
Which type of decision making is repetitive in nature and usually follows the established procedures of the organization?
Programmed decision
What is the opposite of programmed decision where managers do not take decisions regularly?
Non-programmed decision
Which principle of engineering management involves managing the risks and uncertainties?
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What is related to the day-to-day activities of the organization?
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What is simply the process of making a choice, often complex in an organizational context?
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Which type of decision is made at the highest levels of management with the long term in mind?
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What is another name for formal decision?
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When managers make decisions in their personal capacity that do not affect the regular activity of the organization, it is known as:
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What type of decision involves a group of people discussing a subject matter and reaching a solution through mutual understanding?
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Which level of management makes policy decisions that have a long-term effect on organizational performance?
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Which factor affects decision-making related to emotions, personality, and cognitive biases?
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Which tool is similar to a pros/cons list but allows placing a level of importance on each factor?
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Who found that an 80/20 distribution occurs regularly in the world, leading to the concept behind Pareto analysis?
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What does SWOT diagram help identify?
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Which type of decision is repetitive in nature and usually follows the established procedures of the organization?
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What principle of engineering management involves managing the risks and uncertainties?
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What tool is similar to a pros/cons list but allows placing a level of importance on each factor?
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What is another name for formal decision?
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Which level of management makes policy decisions that have a long-term effect on organizational performance?
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What is the application of management principles and practices to the engineering function?
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What type of decision involves a group of people discussing a subject matter and reaching a solution through mutual understanding?
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Who found that an 80/20 distribution occurs regularly in the world, leading to the concept behind Pareto analysis?
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What factor affects decision-making related to emotions, personality, and cognitive biases?
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What is simply the process of making a choice, often complex in an organizational context?
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Which type of decision is made at the highest levels of management with the long term in mind?
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What tool is similar to a pros/cons list but allows placing a level of importance on each factor?
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Which level of management makes operational decisions related to the organization’s daily operations?
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What is another name for formal decision?
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What does SWOT diagram help identify?
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When managers make decisions in their personal capacity that do not affect the regular activity of the organization, what type of decision is it known as?
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