THE EFFECTS OF DRAMA TRAINING ON INTERPERSONAL MANAGEMENT SKILL OF MANAGERS

The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of drama training on interpersonal management skill of managers. An experimental study was conducted in this research. The participants of the study were 20 managers divided into 10 as an experimental group and 10 as a control group. The drama training was given to participants of the experimental group by a specialist trainer and then the effects of this training were analyzed by quantitative research methods. In the quantitative research, a questionnaire that was used to determine the interpersonal management skill of managers was conducted before the training for both the participants of the experimental group and control group. In order to determine the effects of drama training, the same questionnaire was again conducted to all participants after the training and the effects of training on the participants of the experimental group were analyzed by a quantitative software program called as SPSS 20.0. According to research results, it was proved that the interpersonal management skill was developed because of drama training.