Current Trends Regarding Training and Development in High-Tech Manufacturing Firms in the Austin, Texas Area

High-tech manufacturing firms in the Austin, Texas area have been surveyed in order to determine if they assessed the basic skills levels of their employees, what types of training programs they provided, and how much money they spent on training and development for their employees in fiscal year 1993. The review of the literature suggests that more money is spent on and more programs and services are provided for professional employees than for nonprofessional employees. The review also indicates that large companies spend more money per employee on training and development than small companies and that few companies assess the basic skills of job applicants or promotion candidates. One hundred and fifty-nine high-tech manufacturing firms listed in the Directory of Austin Area High Technology Firms (1993) were used as the subjects for the survey. The questionnaire was field tested, and when the questionnaires were returned, a t-test of independent proportions was run on the data in order to assess the results. This study found that very few high-tech manufacturing firms (large or small) in the Austin, Texas area spent more than $5,000 total on the training and development of their employees (professional or non-professional) or offered substantial training and development programs in fiscal year 1993. It also uncovered that remedial skills training was the type of training least offered by the firms surveyed, and few firms assessed the job-related basic skills of their employees in fiscal year 1993.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Instruction

Grantor

Southwest Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Mink, Joyce Lopez

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lyman, Barbara G.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Payne, Emily Miller
• Caverly, David C.

• high technology industries
• adult education
• remedial teaching
• basic education
• employees
• employee training
• employer-supported education

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/20545

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/20545