ERIC Number: ED321832
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990-Jul
Pages: 86
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An Evaluation of the Employee Development Activities at Paradise Valley Community College.
Cristiano, Marilyn J.
In 1990, a study was conducted to holistically evaluate the activities of the Employee Development Program at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) and to determine if employee groups differed significantly in their evaluations of the effectiveness of the activities. Of the 114 full- and part-time board-approved employees of PVCC, 86 (75%) returned questionnaires. Four employee groups were represented in the survey respondents: residential faculty (RFP); management, administrative, and technical personnel (MATP); professional staff (PSA); and maintenance and operations (M&O), which included Crafts employees. Overall, the employees rated their participation in employee development activities as effective in aiding them to achieve the goals of the program. The M&O group rated the overall effectiveness of the activities significantly lower than did the other three employee groups. In addition, the M&O group rated the activities designed to help them meet three of the program's four goals significantly lower than did the three other groups. Based on results of the study, several recommendations were proposed to improve the employee development program. Given the negative responses and low response rate (23%) of the M&O group, the recommendations were made to invite an M&O employee to serve on the Employee Development Committee and to conduct a follow-up study to determine more accurately how these employees perceive the effectiveness of the program. Appendixes provide the questionnaire, its attendant memorandum and data sheet, and employee responses to two survey questions. (Author/JMC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Faculty Development, Literature Reviews, Management Development, Organizational Development, Participative Decision Making, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires, Response Rates (Questionnaires), School Surveys, Staff Development, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Practicum Papers; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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