The manager's view of management education and training

Abstract

IN His 1887 Article, "the study of administration,"Woodrow wilson argued that public managers and prospective candidates for the public service needed training in a "Science of public administration."this training, Wilson maintained, could save administration from the "costliness of empirical experiment."since Wilson's time, management education and training has often been recommended by academicians, blue ribbon commissions, and even elected officials as a way to improve administrative effectiveness and efficiency. yet, the manager's view on this important topic has not been presented in any published study. This article contains data on the manager's views about: (1) The role classroom education and training has played in the development of their own knowledge and skill; (2) The type of classroom education and training they prefer; and, (3) The role they think classroom education and training can play in improving administrative performance.