Program assessment of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America's construction continuing education Project Management course
Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation was to perform a research study on current practicing construction industry employees who were voluntary students in the Institute for Project Management's Managing for Profit two-week intensive course. The goal was to obtain data on the usefulness and value of a construction continuing education course from current practicing construction industry employees. A questionnaire was mailed to members of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America who had completed their Institute for Project Management's Managing for Profit two-week course from the spring of 1994 to the spring of 1998. These students are current mechanical construction professionals who have had the opportunity to practice the skills that were learned in the construction continuing education Managing for Profit course and can provide quality insight into the training received. The following conclusions were derived from the results of this study: (1) the students expected to learn a great deal of project management skills in the Managing for Profit course and they indicated that after completion of the course they did find the project management skills gained during the course useful in their work; (2) the students believed that the information obtained from the course covered their company's investment; (3) the most important major factors that made the course a success were the instructors and the student interaction throughout the course; (4) the least important factors associated with the course were its location and manuals; (5) the most important two individual strongly agreed points were that the Managing for Profit course provides an opportunity to learn from other students and the job cost control topic was the most important covered; (6) the individual points that needed the most improvement were the quality and effectiveness of instruction from some instructors; (7) any future curriculum changes should be planned carefully due to the many factors that had strong positive associations with each other as described in this dissertation; (8) students agreed that they would recommend this course and attend an advanced project management course.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Russell, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Curricula|Teaching|Adult education|Continuing education|Inservice training
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