The history, philosophy and mission of community colleges uniquely qualify them for developing partnerships with business, industry and other public and private agencies through contractual agreements for training courses and programs. To uncover the management problems encountered by contract directors at Florida public community colleges, the Delphi Survey Method and Case Interviews were utilized. / To introduce contract training, a recent educational entrepreneurial activity, the issues, problems and present and future trends are discussed. Also included is a literature review of the historical and philosophical evolution of community colleges nationally and in the state of Florida. / Round One of the Delphi Methodology included the contract directors at Florida public community colleges submitting problem issues in each of the management areas of planning, organizing, budgeting, staffing, directing and evaluating. Rounds Two and Three of the study addressed the one hundred fourteen variables submitted by the panelists. Each of these management problems was rated by the respondents on a degree of difficulty scale. A final tabulation of mean, standard deviation and consensus rating is presented on each of the management problem issues. Consensus resulted when the tabulated responses on a problem issue showed a 75 percent or higher selection for a specific rating. However, there were variations in the degree of consensus achieved. The magnitude of the sample standard deviation determined the strength of the consensus rating. / A Framework for Management Analysis and the management problem issues that achieved a high consensus rating of moderately or extremely difficult provided the structure for the Case Interviews. Three Florida community college contract directors of successful and nationally recognized training programs provided background information on their contract program and suggestions for solutions to the most problematic issues. / The study concludes with recommendations for future study which may be derived from other creative uses of the techniques involved in the Delphi Methodology and recommendations for possible solutions to the most problematic contract training management issues uncovered by the study. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-08, Section: A, page: 2083. / Major Professor: William Deegan. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77832 |
| Contributors | Taggart, Susan Mary., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 238 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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