Assessing the Marine Corps Mentorship Program: Planned vs. Actual Use and Perceived Effectiveness.

摘要

This research will describe and assess the Marine Corps Mentoring Program (MCMP). The MCMP is meant to help shape future leaders, increase unit cohesion, reinforce solidarity, foster relationships of genuine concern, and better prepare Marines to handle the increased challenges of today's operational climate. This research will document the motivation, goals, and implementation plan of the program, and assess the extent to which the actual implementation is consistent with the plan. It will examine how extensively the program is used and also examine mentors' and proteges' assessments of the program. These data are used to compare the MCMP planned versus the actual implementation and perceived effectiveness to make recommendations for improving any identified shortcomings. Anonymous responses to an electronic survey were collected from Marines officers from the Naval Postgraduate School, as well as various ranks of Marines stationed in the fleet. The main objective of this research is to assess the extent to which the MCMP is perceived to meet its stated goals. This research documents the objectives of the MCMP and assesses the planned against the actual implementation, examines the extent to which the program is used in terms of frequency and type of mentoring, and assesses Marines' perceptions of the effectiveness of the directed MCMP.