The application of the structure of intellect programme: A manufacturing facility experiment

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Journal of Managerial Psychology

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Title:	The application of the structure of intellect programme: A manufacturing facility experiment
Author(s):	Noreen Heraty, (College of Business, University of Limerick, Ireland), Michael J. Morley, (College of Business, University of Limerick, Ireland)
Citation:	Noreen Heraty, Michael J. Morley, (2000) "The application of the structure of intellect programme: A manufacturing facility experiment", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 15 Iss: 7, pp.691 - 715
Keywords:	Intelligence, Manufacturing industry, Tests, Training
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/02683940010378063 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	Using a pre-test-post-test control group experimental research design, this paper seeks to examine the effects of the 20-week structure of intellect (SOI) training programme on the critical thinking skills of a group of participants in a manufacturing facility in Ireland as measured by both Watson-Glaser critical thinking skills assessment (CTSA) and Raven’s standard progressive matrices (SPM). The results demonstrate no statistically significant difference in the experimental group pre- and post-test scores on the Watson-Glaser CTSA, but the results derived from the administration of Raven’s SPM were significant (p = 0.003). As expected, no statistically significant difference was found between the pre- and post-test performance of the control group on either test. A number of possible reasons for the results are advanced.