MANAGERIAL RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL PRACTICES IN URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION

The primary purpose of this project was to identify and evaluate policies, practices and other conditions relating to the supply of managerial personnel in the urban mass transit industry. The study, conducted during 1972-1973, sought to provide information concerning the following: An inventory of management, technical, and supervisory personnel in the industry; a current profile of management and technical personnel; a summary of personnel practices and training methods now being used in the industry; an assessment of manpower demand and supply in the industry by administrative levels; and a review of the roles of UMTA, universities and the industry in improving the training of personnel in the transit industry with respect to training methods, course contents, level of support for trainees and related matters.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Pennsylvania Transportation and Traffic Safety Center
  University Park, PA  United States  16802
• Authors:
  • Mundy, R A
  • SPYCHALSKI, J C
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 321 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Data collection; Human beings; Interviewing; Labor relations; Management; Natural resources; Personnel; Public transit; Questionnaires; Rapid transit; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056956
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TTSC-7317
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1981 12:00AM