WIBNESBAY, NOVfMBEB 88, 1967 Study Shows Industry Stresses Continuing Education By JANICI MILLIR Collegian Sta]) Writer Continuing education is necessary for all professional groups, and managers and supervisors in business and industry are well aware of. this need. These were the findings of a recent study conducted by Samuel-S. Dubin, Everett Alderman and H. Leßoy Marlow of the Department of Planning Studies, Continuing Educa tion, at the University. _ Continuing Education has undertaken the study in order to meet the Univer sity's responsibility to the citizens of the Commonwealth in determining educa tional needs and in providing education for managerial personnel. Some op the conditions 'which show a need for this study are: a significant in crease in managerical positions; the rapid growth of managerial knowledge; the greater emphasis on competence, re sourcefulness, leadership and motivation; the recognition of changes' which will affect a company's long-range planning; and, because of expanding computer operations data processing, the re quirement of judicious application to de cision making. Dubin said that once the needs of continuing education are known, the necessary courses can be made available. Questionnaires In order to discover exactly what these educational needs are, question naires were sent to three levels of man agement: top managers (senior execu tives who direct an entire enterprise as a whole or who head major divisions); middle managers (personnel assigned to Travel Group Aims for Quality Tours More than 200,00(1 American students will travel overseas this summer it was reported at the second annual meeting of the Student Travel Association this past weekend in New York City. - Founded primarily for the purposes of developing ahd maintaining high quality in stu dent travel Assndalion brought together Bft representatives of eoDep and university student travel advisee eemmereiai tour eperaters and air lines r@p= resentalives: The Asseelatien alsn seeks in establish student Iravel im ffirmation eenlers at nwinr uni= versifies and to promote travel m an integral part of the edu ealional experience, J . Although (he "grand lour" U sill) very popular It Is being replaced by "custom dejJgnod and special Interest" programs for students, Several hundred American studonts also partici pate In voluntary service pro ject* and obtain minimum in* Jazz Club Session-Workshop HUB Ballroom—Sunday* Nov. 20 2100 p.m. Musicians and Listeners of all abilities welcome im _ _ _ THE SPREAD-EAGLE OF TECHNOLOGY AT GRUMMAN Ranges from inner to outer space Orumman has special Interest for the graduating engineer and scientist seeking the widest spread of technology for his skills. At dnunman, engineers are involved in deep ocean technology...engineers sse their advanced aircraft designs proven dally in the air over Vietnam) and 500 n... in outer spate, the drummsn LM (Lunar Module) will land the astro nauts on the lunar surface, Grumman. situated In Beihnage, L.I. (JO miles from N.Y.C.), Is In the cultural cental of activity. Universities art dose at hand for those who wish to continue their studies. C.G.N.Y., Msnhattan'eollege, New York University, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, State University it Stony Brook, Polytechnic Institute of Brook lyn, Hefstra University end Adelphl College are all wlfhln easy distance. The surroundings are not hard to take. Five beautiful public golf courses are In ielhpage»two minutes from the plant. White sand beeches stretch for miles along the Atlantic (12 minutes drive). The famed sailing reaches of Long Island Sound are only eleven miles away. The informal atmosphere Is a Grummsn tradition,-matched by an equally hard-nosed ona of turning out soma of ihe free world's highest performance aircraft systems and ipase vehicles,To name a few.,. ’ t Hem then ii the opportunity (or greduetini engineers, AEs, CEa, KE», MEt, IBs, SMiytlo melon end Chemical Engineering majors... to telco their place in the continuum of tecbnoloiy that la Grumman. Grumman feereientativea will be ON CAMPUS November 30 To obtain Grumman literature and arrange an interview, u ..„ict your, placement office. If an interview (a not convenient atthti time, send comprehensive resume to: Mr. Frank A. Hurley, Administrator of College Relations, Engineering Employment, Dept. GR-251 executivp duties In the area between senior executives and supervisors); and first-line supervisors (personnel who per form activities at the beginning level of the management organization,) Responses were received from 3,820 managers and supervisors in Pennsyl vania business and industry. Although the educational level of these managers and-supervisors was high, all three levels of management said they de sire courses particularly in the areas of communications and management de velopment. 1 Top management wanted further in struction in these two areas, plus' more information on long-range planning and forecasting. Top management also em phasized N the educational needs of those they supervise, especially in the area of communications. Most Wanted Course Management Development and Work ing Efficiently led the list in course choices of the ' middle managers. For those supervised by middle management, the most wanted course was -Working Ef ficiently with Individuals. For first-line supervisors, th"> leading choice was a course in the Fundamentals of the Supervisor's Job. Responses were also given to ques tions on background information from two levels of management. A comparison ' was made on middle managers and first line supervisors. Thirty-seven per cent of the middle managers and 43 per cent of the supervisors were 40 years of age or younger. These managers, therefore, have about 25 years of productive employment ahead of them, and can be regarded as come summer jobs abroad. Once a; student had decided to travel abroad, he or she is confronted with all kinds of travel schemes from the first class, deluxe tour to just “hitch, hiking around. 11 Even though many students are able lo "make It on their own," both the university'representatives and the commercial.tour oper ators are concerned about the increasing number of students whe try and fail en selpplannetl tours, erlleria fep selecting the besi possible program for Ibe least probable post have been estflh lished b.v both public and pr-h vale agendas, and most ppm, nwpial operators are rawed to pommerPial and governmen, mental regulations insuring a good experience for the stu dent, According lo s spokesman for the group, many haistlly do veloped or marginally financed programs have resulted in per- inur Moduli thi iitronauU lunar aurfioa 6A4A Intrudif* Alt-westHaF, Uettsal, _ tligtfsniiWispsn system sonal or financial disasters and Student Information Service have created prpblems for the and the American Student In student travel industry. formation Service is available Information concerning stu- through the Rev. Mr. Alan dent flights and tours and a Cleeton, director of the‘Wesley limited number of jobs abroad Foundation who attended the is available through local travel Student Travel Association and agencies. | has beeh elected to the ExedU‘ Information concerning volj Uve Committee of the Assooia tihtary service projects ahd the Hon in the position of Treas- Jobs abroad, both international! nrer. imyt 8 4 *! ef f KfeLsHen Befef • ItoblWien j. The Slater and Pledftes of ALPHA GAMMA DELTA thank DR. MELTON for spending an evening with us. WUB-4>Min Deep SubminlbleVamlto conduct underm ixpirlminU GRUMMAN THI BAIIY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA likely eandldates for educational pro grams to keep them up to date. "Being up to date" is an imposing necessity at this time when, as Dubin said, "Change is so rapid that infor mation tends to quickly become obsolete," A majority of middle managers re ported that they would be willing to en roll in college credit or non-credit courses if they were available locally. The inter est in non-credit courses was higher than in credit courses. Discussion Discussion with company personnel was reported as the most frequent source of Information for keeping up to date with new developments by both groups. Middle management reported workshops or semi nars on managerial topics as being, the most frequent type of education used in the past four years, while first-line super visors reported using company in-service training most often. Over 60 per cent of both groups re ported that their company had an edu cational assistance plan, and about half said (hat their company encouraged them to take part in educational activities. How ever, over half of both groups expressed the opinion that their immediate superiors were non-committal towards further edu cation. The study, which took over a year to complete, presents quantitatively the significant educational needs a' perceived by these three levels of management. It clearly demonstrates that managers and supervisors of business and industry are becoming increasingly aware of the need for coptinuing education; iOUIQIAN TMI BAIL •kjMfln IlMMNifl AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CORPORATION Bethp»»e • teat lilaM • N«W Verk, 11714 An equal opportunity employer (U/F) RALPH H. WHERRY Vocal, Instrumental Student Recitals Scheduled for Next Week Special Student recitals are and instrumental talents of Uni scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday, versjty students in music andi Nov. 28 and 3:55 pm. Thurs- m ßoth programs wiU be held in day, Nov. 30 at the University, the Recital Hall of the Music They will feature the vocal Building. 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