A Program Evaluation of the Basic Supervisory Development Seminar

Abstract

Every year the U.S. Navy spends thousands of dollars on training programs to increase the effectiveness and leadership abilities of the supervisors within the Naval Civilian Personnel Command. Presently, there is no means to measure the degree to which these courses are meeting their instructional objectives. In most cases, the sole qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the courses comes from end-of-course critiques completed by the attendees. The purpose of this study was to take one of these courses and attempt the measure of degree to which it was accomplishing its objectives. Specifically, the Basic Supervisory Development Seminar was evaluated under a two phase project. Phase 1 involved a survey of past attendees to determine if adequate emphasis was placed on the course content to meet their needs as supervisors once back on the job. Phase 2 involved an evaluation of three different sessions of the seminar to determine if it had a significant influence on the leadership styles of its attendees.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA160496

Entities

People

  • William R. Blackburn

Organizations

  • San Diego State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Personnel
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of State
  • Education
  • Instructions
  • Leadership Training
  • Participative Management
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Productivity
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Supervision
  • Supervisors
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.