Training Needs of Rehabilitation Facility Administrators: 1985. Research Report

Adminstrators at vocational rehabilitation facilities certified by the U.S. Department of Labor were surveyed for four purposes: (1) to determine priority training needs of facility administrators; (2) to determine differential need patterns for executive directors, assistant directors, and program...

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Main Author Menz, Fredrick E
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI 1987
Subjects
Administrator Attitudes
Administrators
Disabilities
Educational Needs
Management Development
On the Job Training
Postsecondary Education
Sheltered Workshops
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Training Centers
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Summary:Adminstrators at vocational rehabilitation facilities certified by the U.S. Department of Labor were surveyed for four purposes: (1) to determine priority training needs of facility administrators; (2) to determine differential need patterns for executive directors, assistant directors, and program managers; (3) to identify patterns of needs for administrators in the 10 federal regions; and (4) to identify need patterns for administrators in facilities with different average daily caseloads. Factor analysis of the 1,624 responses to a 110-item questionnaire identified 20 fundamental priority needs of administrators. Most pressing needs were reported in the areas of organizational planning, organizational principles and practices, computers in information management, and business planning and marketing. Discriminant analyses performed on both needs scores and data on the respondent and organizational characteristics identified similar and dissimilar patterns of needs for executive directors, assistant directors and program managers, for administrators in each federal region and for administrators in facilities with different daily caseloads. More differences in needs were found among administrators in facilities of different sizes than among the regions. (This report provides data in separate tables, analyses for each of the four objectives of the study, and a copy of the questionnaire.) (Author/KC)