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23-CS-4 Engineering Management

Worked solutions to 13 past sittings (2013–2019), 91 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2019

  1. Question 1: Risk Analysis — Fishbone, Influence Diagrams and Risk Plans
  2. Question 2: Product Design Approaches, Criteria and Simulation
  3. Question 3: Advertising, Sales Planning and the Sales Engineer
  4. Question 4: Management versus Leadership, Recruitment and Diversity
  5. Question 5: Balance Sheet, Economic Analysis and Investment Techniques
  6. Question 6: Quality Techniques, Root-Cause Analysis, and PM Software
  7. Question 7: Core-and-Contingent Workforce Management and Motivation

December 2018

  1. Question 1: Risk Analysis — Fishbone, Influence Diagrams and Risk Plans
  2. Question 2: New Technologies and Design Evaluation
  3. Question 3: Customer Feedback, Changing Requirements and TQM
  4. Question 4: Project Funding Sources and the Business Plan
  5. Question 5: Budgeting Requirements, Methods and Plan Evaluation
  6. Question 6: Schools of Management Thought, Systems Thinking, and Mediation
  7. Question 7: Innovation, Company Size, and Continuous Improvement

May 2018

  1. Question 1: Target Markets, Risk Analysis and Strategic Planning
  2. Question 2: Design for Manufacturability, Lean, TQM and Six Sigma
  3. Question 3: Product Design Approaches, Criteria and Simulation
  4. Question 4: Quality Techniques, Root-Cause Analysis and PM Software
  5. Question 5: Argyris, McClelland and Likert on Organizations
  6. Question 6: Traditional Organizational Structure, Systems Thinking, and Leadership
  7. Question 7: Plant Closure, Concession Bargaining, and Plant-Closing Legislation (Phillips Cable)

December 2017

  1. Question 1: Trend Analysis, Forecasting Models and Technology Assessment
  2. Question 2: Leading and Managing Organizational Change
  3. Question 3: Project Management Techniques, Steps and Failure
  4. Question 4: Balance Sheet, Economic Analysis and Inventory Systems
  5. Question 5: Motivation Theories, Reinforcement and Producing Organizations
  6. Question 6: Management vs. Leadership, Recruitment, and Workforce Diversity
  7. Question 7: Organizational Atmosphere, Motivation, and the Shift to the Individual

May 2017

  1. Question 1: Benchmarking, Technological Forecasting and Strategic Factors
  2. Question 2: Proactive Design for Manufacturing, Lean and Kaizen
  3. Question 3: Customer Feedback, Changing Requirements and TQM
  4. Question 4: Project Funding Sources and the Business Plan
  5. Question 5: Argyris, McClelland and Likert on Organizations
  6. Question 6: Traditional Organizational Structure, Systems Thinking, and Leadership
  7. Question 7: The Core-and-Peripheral Workforce — Motivation, Quality, and Loyalty

December 2016

  1. Question 1: Risk Analysis — Fishbone, Influence Diagrams, and the Risk Plan
  2. Question 2: Emerging Technologies, Design-Alternative Criteria, and Analysis Tools
  3. Question 3: Product Design Approaches, Design Criteria, and Simulation
  4. Question 4: Quality Techniques, Root Cause Analysis, and Project Software
  5. Question 5: Advertising Plans, Sales Plans, and the Sales Engineer
  6. Question 6: OSHA-Regulated Safety Areas, Environmental Policy, and IP Protection
  7. Question 7: Innovation, Company Size, and Continuous Improvement

May 2016

  1. Question 1: Target Markets, Risk Analysis and Strategic Planning
  2. Question 2: Design for Manufacturability, Lean, TQM and Six Sigma
  3. Question 3: Project Management Techniques, Steps and Failure
  4. Question 4: Balance Sheet, Economic Analysis and Inventory Systems
  5. Question 5: Budgeting Requirements, Methods and Plan Evaluation
  6. Question 6: Schools of Management Thought, Systems Thinking, and Mediation
  7. Question 7: Plant Closure, Concessions, and Alternatives to Wage Cuts

December 2015

  1. Question 1: Trend Analysis, Forecasting Models, and Technology Assessment
  2. Question 2: Leading Change and Overcoming Resistance
  3. Question 3: Customer Feedback, Changing Requirements, and TQM Elements
  4. Question 4: Project Funding Sources and the Business Plan
  5. Question 5: Classical Organization Theory and Motivation (Argyris, McClelland, Likert)
  6. Question 6: Traditional Organizational Structure, Systems Thinking, and Leadership
  7. Question 7: Organizational Atmosphere, Motivation, and the Shift to the Individual

May 2015

  1. Question 1: Benchmarking, Forecasting, and Strategic Factors
  2. Question 2: Design for Manufacturing, Lean, and Kaizen
  3. Question 3: Product Design and Simulation
  4. Question 4: Quality Techniques, Root-Cause Analysis, and PM Software
  5. Question 5: Motivation Theories and Producing Organizations
  6. Question 6: Leadership, Recruitment, and Workforce Diversity
  7. Question 7: The Contingent Workforce — a Management Case

December 2014

  1. Question 1: Risk Analysis — Fishbone, Influence Diagrams, and the Risk Plan
  2. Question 2: Emerging Technologies, Design-Alternative Criteria, and Analysis Tools
  3. Question 3: Project Management Techniques, Steps, and Causes of Failure
  4. Question 4: Balance Sheet, Economic Analysis, and JIT/MRP/MRP II
  5. Question 5: Classical Organization Theory and Motivation (Argyris, McClelland, Likert)
  6. Question 6: Traditional Organizational Structure, Systems Thinking, and Leadership
  7. Question 7: Innovation, Firm Size, and Continuous Improvement (the 3M Example)

May 2014

  1. Question 1: Marketing Research, New-Product Risk, and Strategic Planning
  2. Question 2: Design for Manufacturability, Lean, TQM, and Six Sigma
  3. Question 3: Customer Feedback, Changing Requirements, and TQM Elements
  4. Question 4: Project Funding Sources and the Business Plan
  5. Question 5: Advertising Plans, Sales Plans, and the Sales Engineer
  6. Question 6: OSHA-Regulated Safety Areas, Environmental Policy, and IP Protection
  7. Question 7: Plant Closure, Concessions, and Alternatives to Wage Cuts

December 2013

  1. Question 1: Trend Analysis, Forecasting Models, and Technology Assessment
  2. Question 2: Leading Change and Overcoming Resistance
  3. Question 3: Product Design Approaches, Design Criteria, and Simulation
  4. Question 4: Quality Techniques, Root Cause Analysis, and Project Software
  5. Question 5: Budgeting Requirements, Procedures, and Plan Evaluation
  6. Question 6: Schools of Management Thought, Systems Thinking, and Mediation
  7. Question 7: Organizational Atmosphere, Motivation, and the Shift to the Individual

May 2013

  1. Question 1: Benchmarking, Technological Forecasting, and Strategic Context
  2. Question 2: Design for Manufacturing, Lean, and Continuous Improvement
  3. Question 3: Work Scheduling and Quality Process Management
  4. Question 4: Financial Statements and Engineering Economic Analysis
  5. Question 5: Classical Organization Theory and Theories of Motivation
  6. Question 6: Traditional Organizational Structure, Systems Thinking, and Leadership
  7. Question 7: Core-and-Contingent Workforce Management and Motivation