Engineering Management Exam 1

Engieneering applying technical and scientific knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria management process of reaching organizational goals through efficient utilization of human and material resources engr management art and sciece of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directionn activities that have a technological component PM planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of company resources for short term objective that has been established to complete specific goals and objectives Management functions planning organizing leading/motivating controlling Manager Skills technical interpersonal conceptual - top level planning establishing objectives and goals organizing establishing roles for people/resources leading directing and influencing people to willingly work towards company goals controlling directing scientific one best way to do job charles babbage scientific grandfather of scientific management worker likely to slow down if being watched foundation for times studies mechanical calc Taylor father scientific management scientific approach, one best way some say contributed to manager vs worker Gilbreths Father of IE, First Lady of Management had background in psychology and teaching Henri Fayol administrative divided admin into planning/forecasting, organization, command, coordination and control 14 general principles of admin Max Weber Bureaucracy necessary to effectively control Russell Robb administrative american engineering manager Lyndall Urwick administrative wrote first general management textbook