This fall the Penns,.7lv-mi versity initiatoe lopmont 111 --- . Ts in Yorth- Tvsorn Ponr_cylvaa Cnntin uing E - ducation prcgram on Campus. These urograms are dosin-, - 2 1 / 4 - Jvolop close-knit, marcment tears Craig M. Gault, successor to C. N, Shellito who recently retired, is conduc ting the in-plant courses. This now fa culty member comes to Behrend with twon ty-six years of diversified industrial experience in engineerin, personnel ad ministration, and maintenance° Lccording to ler. Gault, "The Manage ment Development Services offered by the University have proven most effective to industry today, since most progressive managoments have to come to the realiza tion that to a great extent their va:y survil-al in today's competitive economy lies in the area of up.-dating the mana gerial skills of their supervisory per sonnel° The very nature and exL.) ,- ..t--the broad spectrum of today's technoicgic , al charges- havecreated a myriad of mana gerial problems, and today's supervisor, trained by yesterday's standards, finds he lacks the necessary tools and skills to resolve these newly created problems, Our Management Development Service is de signed to train the supervisor to cope with these new, frustrating problems and to help him function effectively as a member of today's management tear." Groups of tLenty supervisors are en rolled in each of eight programs being con ducted in plants in the Erie,&.,--)a These programs being conducted at Ameri can Sterilizer, Bucyrus-Erie : Erie Forge and Steel, Hays Manufacturing ' , 3carany s . Pittsburgh-Corning in Port Al]:aay, and Sharon Steel in Sharon, Pennsylvania are stressing such areas as huiaan rela tions, supervisory techniques, communi cations, motivation, employee organiza tion and training, and technical skills. The ultimate go :l of the progrnms will be to make "each mnn keenly aware of his and his management's objoctives„ acid his follow team members' job duties and responsibilities," says Gault. "f.n aggressive informed management team will Stata Uni— :c tat de,v,a— dorote its rner7,ic s duct •l_. ): stan' , t - 3 o acc:cir -21 Uni -, T inert of for amc. cutive po. firm. ,Iftr,r wri_t:Yon and or-11 -_:atervivir.n are conducted, the results arc: analyzed by specialists in the ilanago.c2_( - n - ; De7e— lopmont d - ipartri . : of the Uni - T3ccity who, in turn, pr . r.are a service . I.r , ,ra: outlining areas study is neeai, ance a firm ecllbracts with the Uni— versity to bring in a menagement deve— lopment program, an initial class of twenty—eight weeks duration is usually started, although six distin - t units which extend over a thl-ee—ye - , are Elvailable. How long a Txogram runs depends on both the University's racom— mendLtion and the receptivity of the firm to these recommendctiorsc Gault - maintainF contant with his groun interests and neerls by holding weel, -- ly meetings with represent:,ttives from the respective grcu - nsc, Through suggestions end recommenation - ; that co= cut of these meetin;s, he is able to cloy - to his weekly lecLiire and dis— cussion classes to solving immediate problms. Si: cc joining the Continuing Educa— tior division at Behrend in aSS3, Mr. Gault h3.s dc, - vol:)ped one .)f rost cx— tensilre - oroglarns in that divisl.on's ac n t curri , culum. aalable ex— 5,::r ,..- Ice is ouLih the facifli elusivcl7 Pennsylvania eatjt., - YI D ~. _.. d J .h - bilis, the. j -c• needs S .rs refit State University. 77' 7r.. C . . 7 3 period os of -.-• ho
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