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Dissertation
The Influence Of The Analytic Transformation Training Program On Intelligence Analysts' Leadership And Collaboration Skills
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2011
Abstract
A one-group pretest-post preexperimental quantitative research design was used to measure the effects of the Analytic Transformation Training Program (ATTP) on intelligence analysts' leadership and collaboration skills. The ATTP is a training program used for teaching leadership and collaboration skills to newly recruited intelligence analysts whose jobs are to analyze data to help thwart terrorism within the United States. Forty-eight participants participated in the study, which was conducted in the northeastern United States. After data screening, 46 participants' data were used for analyses. The theoretical framework included the leadership theories of transformational theory and path-goal theory and the collaboration theories of exchange theory, functional theory, new field theory, and dramaturgical theory. The theoretical framework supported using 4 factors as independent variables for leadership skills and 4 factors as independent variables for collaboration skills. Eight research questions were investigated and 8 null hypotheses were rejected because of significant findings. The research design used descriptive statistics, paired-samples t tests, Multiple Analysis of Variances, univariate Analysis of Variances, and multiple regression analyses to describe the participants and test the null hypotheses. A significantly higher posttest mean score than pretest mean score was found for both leadership and collaboration skills after analysts experienced the ATTP. Linear regression analyses indicated the ATTP increased analysts' leadership skills as they were taught collaboration skills and increased collaboration skills as they were taught leadership skills. The amount of variance explained by leadership factors on leadership skills and collaboration factors on collaboration skills were both approximately 98%. Demographic differences indicated that officers who attended the ATTP finished with higher leadership and collaboration mean scores than nonofficers. These findings suggest the ATTP's curriculum should be reviewed to help teach nonofficers to acquire higher leadership and collaboration skill levels. Overall, the study indicated the ATTP is a viable training program at increasing intelligence analysts' leadership and collaboration skills.
Details
- Title
- The Influence Of The Analytic Transformation Training Program On Intelligence Analysts' Leadership And Collaboration Skills
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Contributors
- Joyce C. Nichols (Committee Member)Sherri Zimmerman (Committee Member) - University of West Florida, School of EducationByron C Havard (Committee Chair) - University of West Florida, School of Education
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 147
- Copyright
- © 2011 Michael Keith Williams
- Identifiers
- 99380090718606600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- Education; University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida