| Security supervisors and administrators have a responsibility of assuring that their subordinates have the appropriate education and training to perform adequately. The purpose of the study provides a basis of information for educators responsible for security related curriculum, improved relatedness concerning loss prevention and risk management courses.;This study employed the use of a descriptive study in which information was collected from a selected sample of practitioners to describe the perceptions of a larger population. The survey instrument consisted of thirty five questions divided into three sections. Section "A", consists of Respondents Company Information; section "B", consists of the Respondents Background; section "C", relates to Personnel, Employment, and Education and Training.;Subject selection was made from an American Society of Industrial Security membership list, limited to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (OKI), nine county region. One-hundred responses were obtained from security supervisors and administrators of various in-house security programs.;By nature of the positions held, the respondents were divided into upper, middle and lower management groups. These groups selected college courses they believed to be important for security personnel, prior to entry into the following positions indicated. (1) Entry Level--Upper management selected security and loss prevention (27.8%). Both middle (45.2%) and lower management (45.8%) selected private police training. (2) First-Line Supervision--All three management groups (42.3%), selected security management/administration courses. (3) Mid-Management--All three management groups (55.9%), selected security management/administration courses. (4) Upper Management--All three management groups (58.9%), selected security management/administration courses. The upper management group also selected business administration to be of equal importance.;Ninety-one percent of the respondents believed selected college courses would assist in furthering security personnel proficiency. State or national certification was favored by eighty percent of the respondents for non-supervisory personnel. Making risk management and loss prevention education a part of all security programs was strongly indicated by the respondents.;An important implication resulting from this study relating to education and training needs for the security field, lies in the need for comparative research to identify differences between in-house and contract security programs. |
