FINAL REPORT ON BRAZILIAN EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HELD AT R.P.I. (SUMMER 1970).

TRAINING INCLUDED TOURS TO GENERAL ELECTRIC CO,UNITED ILLUMINATING CO,NIAGARA MOHAWK FACILITIES IN SYRACUSE & ALBANY,ROBERT MOSES NIAGARA POWER PLANT.LEWISTON PUMP GENERATING PLANT,AND TH NEW YORK STATE POWER AUTHORITY. REGULAR CLASSES WERE HELD ,WITH MOST READING AND ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETED IN THE CLASSROOM. LACK OF FLUENCY IN ENGLISH POSED NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS. STUDENTS" EVALUATION OF THE COURSE INDICATED THAT THEY FOUND IT VALUABLE,PARTICULAR MENTION BEING MADE OF DECISION MODELS,OPERATIONS RESEARCH,COMPUTERS,MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS,ENGINEERING ECONOMICS,AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING. BASED ON COMMENTS BY PARTICIPANTS,PROGRAM DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS GREATER EMPHASIS ON CONVERSATION DURING PRELIMINARY ENGLISH COURSE IN WASHINGTON DC, AND RESTRUCTURING OF THE ENGINEERING ECONOMICS COURSE, POSIBLY INTO 3 SECTIONS(BASIC ACCOUNTING,FINANCIAL ANALYSIS & ENGINEERING ECONOMICS). PROGRAM DIRECTOR FURTHER RECOMMENDS EMPHASIZING ELECTRIC UTILITY PROBLEMS IN CASES BEING EXAMINED; PROVIDING MORE LECTURES AND FEWER CASES IN MARKETING & ORGANIZATION COURSES; S NEW COURSE ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES; AND EXERCISES IN THE USE OF THE COMPUTER. IN THE FUTURE AN ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO BETTER PREPARE BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANTS PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM AT RPI. ATTACHED COVERING LETTER FROM DIRECTOR OF ELETROBAS,BRAZILIAN ELECTRICAL POWER UTILITY CORPORATION,ATTESTS TO THE VALUE OF THE RPI MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSE AND STATES AGREEMENT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE RPI PROGRAM DIRECTOR.