The Effect Of Production Management Course On The Self-Efficacy Of Employees

Aka S., AKYÜZ G.

7th World Conference on Educational Sciences, Athens, Greece, 5 - 07 February 2015, vol.197, pp.108-112, (Full Text)

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 197
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.064
  • City: Athens
  • Country: Greece
  • Page Numbers: pp.108-112
  • Keywords: Production Management, Production Management Course, Self-efficacy, BELIEFS, VALIDATION, SCALE
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Producing fast and accurate solutions effects efficiency of process in business. Thus, organizations need employees who have high self-efficacy. In the production management course, since various solution methods for the problems encountered in manufacturing and service industries are presented, the course contributes to sources which develop the self-efficacy. Therefore, this study aims to measure the effects of production management course on the self-efficacy of employees graduated from the Department of Business Administration. A survey was conducted to collect data. Factors of the self-efficacy and production management course were examined by statistical analysis. As a result, it was obtained that the factor of production management course explained 24 % and 17 % of variances of the self-efficacy factors. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.