Date of Award
1-1-1985
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Business and Vocational Education
Abstract
The primary purpose of this study was to determine if significant relationships existed in the way business education faculty, business education departmental chairpersons, academic deans, and college presidents in small four-year public collegiate institutions rated the degree of importance of selected duties of business education departmental chairpersons. A second purpose was to determine which of the selected duties were considered most important by each of the four respondent groups and a final purpose was to determine if the four groups believed the business education departmental chairperson was currently performing his/her duties.Perspective participants were randomly selected from collegiate institutions with enrollments of less than 5,000 students. This included 137 business education faculty, sixty-seven business education departmental chairpersons, sixty-seven deans, and sixty-seven college presidents.Conclusions based on the findings obtained from this study were: (1) The null hypothesis stating that there was no significant relationship between the rating of the degree of importance actually placed on selected duties and the rating of the degree of importance that ideally should be placed on the duties was rejected. (2) The null hypothesis stating that there was no significant difference in the rating of the degee of importance that is actually placed on selected duties of business education departmental chairpersons when comparing opinions of business education faculty, business education departmental chairpersons, academic deans, and college presidents was rejected for twenty-one of the sixty duties. (3) The null hypothesis stating that there was no significant difference in the rating of the degree of importance that ideally should be placed on selected duties of business education departmental chairpersons when comparing the opinions of business education faculty, business education departmental chairpersons, academic deans, and college presidents was rejected for three of the sixty duties.The most important duties were determined to be: (1) develop and review departmental goals and objectives; (2) determine what departmental courses and programs will be offered, added, or deleted; (3) evaluate departmental faculty; (4) plan curriculum changes; (5) report departmental recommendations to the college dean; (6) assign faculty responsibility for student advisement; and (7) participate in counseling students.
Recommended Citation
Jager, Robert John, "The Relative Importance Of Selected Duties Of Business Education Departmental Chairpersons In Small Four-Year Public Collegiate Institutions (Role)." (1985). Theses and Dissertations. 8620.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/8620