Midterm Exam for ENTC 4017/5017-904, First Summer 2008 - Prof. William H. Blanton, Exams of Engineering

Download Midterm Exam for ENTC 4017/5017-904, First Summer 2008 - Prof. William H. Blanton and more Exams Engineering in PDF only on Docsity! Midterm Exam ENTC 4017/5017-904 First Summer 2008 Due before 12:00 midnight on Sunday, June 22, 2007. Choose any five and only five questions to answer. If you do more than five, I will choose the first five questions submitted for grading. You may use your book, but you are expected to answer the questions in some detail. 1. List and describe the five functions of a manager and explain why the five functions can be considered an "endless, circular process." 2. List the seven characteristics of groups and define each of them. 3. Identify and define any three quality control methods. 4. Describe any three U.S. diversity trends and their effects on the workplace. 5. Explain how a budget can be both a planning tool and a controlling tool. 6. You are a supervisor who has just been presented with a gift from a new employee. You live in the U.S. What would you do with the gift? 7. List and define the four skills required of all managers at all levels. Of the four skills required of all managers, which is the most important to supervisors and explain why? (Do not confuse these four skills with the five functions of management.)