Analysis of the Usefulness of the Graduate Logistics Management Program Logistics Management Option as Perceived by Graduates and their Supervisors

摘要

This thesis assessed the usefulness of the GLM Program Logistics Management Option as perceived by graduates and their supervisors. Objectives included determining which subject areas the graduates perceived most and least useful to them in their jobs, their perceptions of the GLM Thesis Program, and the appropriateness of their postgraduate assignments. A field survey was conducted. Questionnaires were sent to 169 alumni graduating between 1979 through 1985, as well as to their supervisors. Analysis was accomplished by interpretation of median responses. The most useful subject areas perceived by the graduates and their supervisors were communication, organizational management and behavior, problem solving, computer science, and financial management. The least useful subject areas were computer programming, simulation, managerial accounting, economics, and international logistics. Graduates perceived their AFIT logistics education useful to them and to the Air Force. They also felt that the Thesis Program was worthwhile. However, the graduates believed that AFMPC could do more to assign them to jobs that make better use of their advanced education. Various recommendations were made to improve the usefulness of the Logistics Management Option curriculum.