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Management development programs and their effect on management personnel at Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the impact of management development programs on nuclear managers at the Omaha Public Power Plant in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. The subjects of this study were managers who had attended management development programs over the past three years. Management development programs (MDP's) serve as a training field for preparing managers for future jobs within organizations. MDP's prepare, educate, inform and refine managers so that they are more effective in their organization. These programs contribute to the ongoing success of the managers and ultimately the organization. One of the main factors that contributes to the success of MDP's is that they are based on andragogy. Malcolm Knowles, the father of adult education, defines andragogy as the art and science of teaching adults. One organization, the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), located in Omaha, Nebraska, has implemented management development programs using adult education principles for managers in its nuclear power plant at Fort Calhoun. OPPD began offering management development programs to its nuclear plant managers in 1988. Yet, to date, there has been no evaluation of the effectiveness of these programs on nuclear personnel. To remedy this shortcoming, this study provides an evaluation of the effectiveness of MDP's by gathering qualitative interview data from personnel who work in the nuclear organization.
Subject Area
Adult education|Continuing education|Management
Recommended Citation
Ewing, Vivyonne L, "Management development programs and their effect on management personnel at Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant" (1990). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9118450.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9118450