A Study of Program Manager Effectiveness and Risk Taking Propensity

Abstract

The purpose of the thesis was to determine if there was a relationship between program management effectiveness and risk taking propensity. Air Force supervisors classified the program managers as more effective and less effective. Using a number of risk measures and non-parametric statistical techniques, the study concluded that more effective program managers consistently rated higher on the risk measures than their less effective colleagues. Additionally, using a risk behavior model developed in previous research, the more effective program managers were labeled as exhibiting risk taking behavior by their supporting functional personnel and the less effective program managers were rated by their supporting functional personnel as exhibiting risk neutral behavior. Keywords: Risk, Management Effectiveness, Decision Making, Program Management; Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201489

Entities

People

  • Timothy P. Mcintyre

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Classification
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Program Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Security
  • Supervision
  • Supervisors
  • Systems Management
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

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