Accession Number:

ADA117500

Title:

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

Descriptive Note:

Doctoral thesis

Corporate Author:

COAST GUARD YORKTOWN VA RESERVE TRAINING CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Wehrenberg, Stephen B.

Report Date:

1982-07-06

Pagination or Media Count:

202.0

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 programs 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

Descriptors:

• *LEADERSHIP
• *COAST GUARD
• *MANAGEMENT TRAINING
• ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY)
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• THEORY
• RESPONSE
• BEHAVIOR
• PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• GRADUATES

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE