M.Ed. / It is of outmost importance that technical officers in Telkom are effective technological problem solvers. All prospective technical officers in Telkom are subjected to a selection process before starting with technical officer's training. The selecting process consists of two stages, namely: (1) the Senior Aptitude Test (SAT), and (2) the Introduction to the A-course. The problem statement of this study is: No scientific investigation is done on the effect of the Introduction to the A-course on the technological problem-solving style of prospective technical officers. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the Introduction to A-course on the technological problem-solving style of prospective technical officers, when measured with the PSI-TECH inventory. The PSI-TECH inventory (technological problem-solving in-ventory) is used as a pre-test and a post-test to measure the technological problem-solving styles of 119 prospective technical officers in Telkom. The Introduction to the A-course (independent variable) serves as the treatment. In the process of measuring technological problem-solving style, differentiation occurs between effective and ineffective technological problem solvers. The PSI-TECH inventory performed very well in terms of reliability and validity in this study. Two conclusions were drawn from this case study, namely: (1) the Introduction to the A-course does not contribute towards the technological problem-solving styles of prospective technical officers and, (2) the PSI-TECH inventory can serve as a discriminator to determine who are effective and ineffective technological problem-solvers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:3587 |
| Date | 05 September 2012 |
| Creators | Smit, Phillip Lodewyk |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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