A Study of Benefits Resulting from the AFIT (Air Force Institute of Technology) Education with Industry Program
Abstract
This thesis developed a survey based on a summative evaluation framework to measure the value of the Education With Industry program. A review of the literature revealed that evaluations of management development programs suffer from a lack of objective, quantitative measures and a subsequent lack of generalizability of the evaluation results. More importantly, Tracey asserts management program evaluations suffer from a lack of ordered and valid appraisal standards. Using the summative evaluation approach, this research collected several psychometric properties from previous studies and incorporated them into a well-developed field survey. A three-part questionnaire was developed to measure the attitudinal differences between the treatment group of EWI graduates and a comparison group consisting of similar Air Force contracting/manufacturing officers not having attended EWI. The developed field survey consisted of three parts. Part I, consisting of demographic items, was to be answered by all personnel receiving the survey. Parts II and III were to be answered only by those officers attending EWI in the manufacturing or contracting options, respectively.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA216207
Entities
People
- Ed R. Hernandez
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology