Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

1 University of Applied Science and Technology,Tehran,Iran

2 Project Management, Malek Ashtar University of Technology,Tehran,Iran

3 Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

4 Business Administration, University of Cyprus,Cyprus

Abstract

In this research, descriptive and surveying method is used to evaluate the quality of engineering training programs. The statistical society of the research consists of 130 engineers of AzarAb Company covered by training programs in 2012. Since the statistical society has a low volume, the whole society is considered as a statistical sample. Data was collected using Servqual standard questionnaire.  The Cronbach Alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire and the obtained coefficient was estimated at 91%. To determine the validity of the questionnaire, the comments of several experts from industry and university professors were used and their recommendations and propose amendments were applied to the questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted by dual sample t test to identify the difference of each of the dimensions of the model. The obtained results show that engineers are not satisfied with the quality of trainings and that the provided trainings have not met their expectations. 

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