An Evaluation of Leadership and Management Training in the United States Coast Guard

Abstract

This study evaluates the United States Coast Guard Leadership and Management training program, its development, impact on graduates, interface with the work environment, and its future. Section One outlines the evolution of management theory, and leadership and management training, both in a general sense and specific to the Coast Guard Section Two is a critical analysis of the structured organizational rewards, their administration, and their perceived impact. Section Three is a report of an eighteen month field study of the current program's impact on reaction, attitude, cognition, behavior, and performance of graduates and an untrained control group. The only significant differences measured between graduates and the untrained supervisors were related to reaction (enthusiasm) and attitude. No behavioral or performance differences were observed. The final section reflects on some of the potential reasons for the lack of impact of the training, discusses a unified theory of individual change, and makes recommendations for the future of leadership and management training in the Coast Guard. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117500

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