Attitudes of research and development management toward management training

This study was undertaken for the purpose of evaluating the attitudes of research and development managers toward management training. The investigation had as specific purposes 1) to determine the attitudes of a selected group of research and development managers toward increasing the management training available at both the academic degree level and the in-plant training level; 2) to determine at which of these levels these same individuals prefer to have management training occur; and, 3) to identify those experiences and associations which may have influenced their attitudes toward management training. The findings of this study showed that research and development managers seem to feel that increased management training is needed at both the academic degree and the in-plant training levels. Management training at the in-plant level seems to be preferred to training at the academic degree level by the individuals surveyed. Also the attitudes of research and development managers appear to be functions of their own management training, experience, and responsibilities.