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A Design for First Line Supervisory Training In Manpower Agencies
Author(s) -
LAWRENCE RICHARD E.,
KRIEGER GEORGE W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1975.tb01058.x
Subject(s) - psychology , agency (philosophy) , resentment , training (meteorology) , medical education , fantasy , relaxation (psychology) , applied psychology , reading (process) , counselor education , pedagogy , higher education , social psychology , computer science , medicine , sociology , physics , artificial intelligence , politics , meteorology , political science , law , social science
This article describes a training program to increase supervisory skills in manpower agencies. Supervisors taking part in this program were employed by a state manpower agency in Maryland and trainers were university faculty in rehabilitation counselor education. Reading material and structured assignments combining cognitive and affective material were given, but there was much freedom within the program for participant feedback. Some of these suggestions were used to revise the program as it progressed. Affective activities employed included relaxation, guided fantasy, role playing, and microcounseling. Participants' reactions ranged from satisfaction with the useful skills provided to resentment at the selection method for the training and the time involved, which made further progress impossible. The majority of the participants suggested recommendations for further training of this nature.