ESci 14 – Mid Term Examination

Name: ____________________________________ Course & Year: ___________ Score: _____________

I. Identify if the following sentences or statements is an indication that the engineer manager is an
“Administrator”, “Time Server”, “Climber”, “General”, “Supporter”, “Nice Guy”, or a “Boss”. (1 pt each)

1. They look to company rules and regulations for solving all problems.
2. They take all necessary action to avoid stress, and maintain a low profile within the company.
3. These manager are driven by extreme personal ambition and will sacrifice everything, including self
and family, to get to the top of the corporate ladder
4. They like to rule and manipulate power, but is achievement oriented: power is used to get tasks done.
5. They are good at delegation and develop their subordinates by giving them responsibility.
6. These managers are usually weak-willed and are more interested in being liked, by peers and
subordinates, than in achieving targets.
7. They do not criticize their subordinates, even when they are poor performers, and may in fact support
too much, so unconsciously retarding their developments.
8. They try to terrorize subordinates and peers, creating conflict to emphasize their own power.
9. They are usually not very good communicators, using the official company channels for all
communications, which are often limited to one level upwards and downwards.
10. They will pursue personal advancement by fair means or foul and become demotivated if this does not
show quick results.
11. They are sometimes lacking, but this compensated for by the support they themselves receive from the
specialists within their department.
12. They are usually optimistic about the future, sometimes wrongly.
13. They are not good in resolving conflict, looking to company rules for resolving these. In spite of their
rather mechanistic approach
14. They are generally respected by their staff, and by peers, for their organizational loyalty and knowledge
15. Status is important but only as a sign of seniority.
II. Determine if the following statements or phrases is a function of an engineer manager as
“Planning”, “Organizing”, “Directing”, or “Controlling”. (1 pt each)

1. Gathering and allocating resources

2. Deliberate creation a configuration that defines how communication flows
3. Conveying human behaviour to achieve objectives
4. Influencing subordinates
5. Steering performance towards desired goal
6. Deciding what/when/how it is to be done and who is to do it
7. Coordinating the work of the organization
8. Deliberate creation a configuration that defines how tasks are accomplished
9. Motivating others to produce
10. Keeping things on track
III. Enumerate the following: (1 pt each)
1. The nine types of quantitative techniques which may be useful in decision-making
2. The eight ways of appraising performance.
3. The eight decision-making process
4. Give 5 aspects of internal environment:
5. Give the six sources that may be tapped when management wants to fill up certain vacancies
6. Give 3 examples of external limitations
7. Give the three classification of authority delegated to the members of the organization
8. The four suggested ways of determining the qualifications of a job candidate
9. The four employment decisions after evaluating the performance of employees
IV. Give contrast or distinction of the following: (5 pts each)
1. Functional organization and product or market organization
2. Line authority and functional authority
3. Formal organization and informal groups
4. Standing plans and single use plans
5. Internal environment and external environment