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    This document contains questions from 5 units that cover topics in engineering management and ethics. Some of the key topics addressed include: - Definitions of concepts like decision making, planning, objectives, organizing, motivation, communication, and ethics - Steps involved in processes like the decision making process, planning process, MBO process, strategic planning process, and confronting moral dilemmas - Theories related to motivation, types of leadership styles, and factors that affect areas like staffing and risk acceptability - Distinctions between concepts such as objectives and policies, authority and responsibility, and normative ethics and other approaches - Issues related to areas such as engineering experimentation, codes of ethics, disasters, safety

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    This document contains questions from 5 units that cover topics in engineering management and ethics. Some of the key topics addressed include: - Definitions of concepts like decision making, planning, objectives, organizing, motivation, communication, and ethics - Steps involved in processes like the decision making process, planning process, MBO process, strategic planning process, and confronting moral dilemmas - Theories related to motivation, types of leadership styles, and factors that affect areas like staffing and risk acceptability - Distinctions between concepts such as objectives and policies, authority and responsibility, and normative ethics and other approaches - Issues related to areas such as engineering experimentation, codes of ethics, disasters, safety

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    This document contains questions from 5 units that cover topics in engineering management and ethics. Some of the key topics addressed include: - Definitions of concepts like decision making, planning, objectives, organizing, motivation, communication, and ethics - Steps involved in processes like the decision making process, planning process, MBO process, strategic planning process, and confronting moral dilemmas - Theories related to motivation, types of leadership styles, and factors that affect areas like staffing and risk acceptability - Distinctions between concepts such as objectives and policies, authority and responsibility, and normative ethics and other approaches - Issues related to areas such as engineering experimentation, codes of ethics, disasters, safety

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    ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND ETHICS QUESTION BANK

    UNIT I Part-A (2 Marks)

    1) Define decision making. 2) State the relationship between decision and decision making? 3) Define Decision. 4) What do you mean by programmes? 5) Define Zero base budget. 6) What do you mean by methods? 7) Define Planning. 8) Define policy. 9) List out any four essential needs of planning. 10) Define MBO. 11) Define sales forecasting. 12) Define objectives. 13) List out the various steps of planning. 14) What is feedback? 15) Define follow up. 16) What you mean by tangible premises? 17) What you mean by Controllable premises? 18) What you mean by internal premises? 19) What do you mean by Mission? 20) What do you mean by Vision? 21) What is planning premises? 22) What do you meant by strategic decision? 23) Write down any four factors which affect the strategic planning. 24) What is meant by MBE. 25) Define budgets. Part-B (12 Marks) 1) Discuss about the steps involved in decision making process. 2) Explain the various kinds of decisions in detail.

    3) Explain the various steps of planning process. 4) Briefly explain the various types of plans. 5) Explain the various steps involved in MBO process 6) Describe the steps involved in strategic planning process. 7) Write an essay on planning premises. 8) Describe in detail the nature and characteristics of objectives. 9) Distinction between Objectives and Policies 10) a) Discuss the differences between policies and strategies. b) Discuss the differences between policy and procedure.

    UNIT II
    Part-A (2 Marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What are the essential conditions for effective organizing? Define organizational culture. Define matrix departmentation. Define Delphi technique. Define Formal organization. Define Informal organization. Define organizing. Mention any four characteristics of organizing. What do you mean by departmentation?

    10. What do you mean by decentralization? 11. What is authority? 12. What is responsibility? 13. What do you mean by delegation of authority? 14. What do you mean by recruitment? 15. List out the merits of recruitment. 16. What do you mean by selection? 17. What do you mean by Interview? 18. What is performance appraisal? 19. What do you mean by training? 20. Define organizational development. 21. Define creativity.

    22. What is job analysis? 23. What is job design? 24. What is functional departmentation? 25. What do you mean by Induction?

    Part-B (12 Marks)


    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Explain the process of delegation, and the guidelines for effective delegation. Explain in detail about the decision making process. Discuss in detail about the various kinds of departmentation. Discuss in detail on matrix organization and its merits and demerits. Explain the differences between authority and responsibility. Give a brief account on organizational culture. Explain the various sources of recruitment? What are the advantages and disadvantages of internal sources of recruitment? Explain the various steps of selection process. Explain the various kinds of on-the-job training methods.

    10. Discuss in detail the Human resource development.

    UNIT III Part A ( 2 Marks)


    1. Define directing.

    2. What are the elements of directing function? 3. Define motivation. 4. List the importance of motivation. 5. What is leadership? 6. What do you understand the term communication? 7. Define direct communication. 8. Define written communication. 9. Define Status. 10. Define promotion. 11. Define transfer. 12. Define job satisfaction. 13. Mention any four assumptions of Theory X. 14. Mention any four assumptions of Theory Y. 15. Differentiate between motivation and satisfaction.

    16. What is carrot and stick approach of motivation? 17. What are the qualities required for leaders? 18. What are the types of motivation? 19. What do you mean by oral communication? 20. What do you mean by Man Power Planning? 21. What do you mean by job enrichment? 22. Mention any two characteristics of leadership. 23. What do you mean by Diagonal communication? 24. Mention any two Barriers of communication. 25. What do you mean by electronic communication?

    Part B (12 Marks)


    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Explain in detail on Maslows theory of needs Write an essay on Herzbergs two factors theory. Explain the various types of leadership styles. Briefly explain the various motivational techniques. Explain in detail on the determining factors of Span of Management. Explain in detail the line and staff authority. Describe in detail on the factors affecting staffing function. Briefly explain the steps of communication process with suitable example. Explain the barriers of communication. And how do you overcome the barriers?.

    10. Discuss in detail about electronic media in communication. Unit - IV Part-A (2 Marks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What are human values? Distinguish values from ethics and culture. Define work ethics. Write short notes on caring and sharing. What is courage as a value? Define spirituality. Give the two aspects of Honesty. State the differences between Self -respect and Self esteem. Define Ethics.

    10. Define Engineering Ethics. 11. List out the types of Inquiry. 12. Define Moral Autonomy. 13. Define Integrity. 14. Define the term Honesty. 15. What are the forms of Self -respect? 16. List out the types of Morality theories. 17. Differentiate Hypothetical imperatives and Moral imperatives. 18. State Rawls principles. 19. Give the drawback of Duty Ethics. 20. Differentiate Ethical Relativism and Ethical Egoism. 21. Define Ethical Pluralism. 22. Define Religion. 23. What are personal ethics and business ethics? 24. What do you mean by normative ethics? 25. Mention some universally accepted ethical principles.

    Part-B (12 Marks)


    1. Engineering as experimentation Discuss. 2. Explain in detail on challenger case study. 3. Discuss the various steps of confronting moral dilemmas. 4. Explain the method of fault tree analysis. Also list out the advantages and limitations of fault tree analysis. 5. How the manufacturer does understood the risk in a product help? 6. How does the knowledge of uncertainties in design help the engineers to accept the risk of a product? 7. Write an essay on the role of code of ethics. 8. Write a detailed note on the balanced outlook on law. 9. Write a detailed note on (a) Codes and the experimental nature of engineering; (b) Limitations of codes. 10. The engineering experiments in the filed exhibit discuss in detail.

    Unit V Part-A ( 2 Marks)


    1. What do you mean by ethical subjectivism?

    2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

    List the steps in confronting moral dilemmas. What is moral autonomy? What are the attributes to a profession? List out the models of a professional society. What are the essential conditions required to define a valid consent? List out the purposes of various types of standards. Define Code. Enumerate the roles of codes. What are the problems associated with the law in engineering? What are the uncertainties occur in the model designs? Define Ethical Conventionalism. Define Risk. Define the term Disaster. Give the criteria which helps to ensure a safety design. List out the determining factors of safety and risk. What are the drawbacks in the definition of Lawrence? Give the categories of Risk. What are the factors that affect Risk Acceptability? What is the knowledge required to assess the risk? What are the analytical methods? What are the conditions referred as safe exit? How will an engineer assess the safety? What are the reasons for Risk -Benefit Analysis? Define Safety.

    Part-B (12 Marks)


    1. Compare the institutional authority and needed qualification? 2. Discuss in detail disasters in environmental ethics. 3. Explain the different types of confidential information. 4. Engineers as advisors in planning and policy making advisors- Discuss in detail. 5. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers-Discuss in detail. 6. Write short notes on (a) Utility patent, (b) Design patent and (c) Plant patent. 7. Write an essay on human rights. 8. What is Computer Ethics? Explain in detail.

    9. Differentiate between the Pro- and anti-views on unionism. 10. Can an Engineer function as a manager up holding Engineering ethics? Discuss.

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