MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROJECTS: PROGRESS REPORT #3

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06207A000200110010-3
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 28, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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CONFIDED iA
28 June 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Training
SUBJECT : Management Training Projects:
Progress Report #3
1. "Coordinating" Meetings
2. Midcareer
DTR
a. Mr. on two one-hour segments
which we propose to add to the course. One of these covers
the subject of "Planning", and one deals with "Problem-
Solving and Decision-Makin ". The latter is an adaptation
of the syste ocated by and 25X1A
taught in the one-week course. 25X1A
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b.
For reasons cited in Paragraph 4 below, we no longer
are giving attention to the problem of adding Management
Science topics to the course.
c.
Mr.
Mr.
has arranged for Mr.- to meet with 25X1A
soon after 26 June to discuss the Records
Management material to be added to the course.
3. Senior Seminar
Aside from Mr. - becoming familiar with the rationale,
content, and methods with respect to the Management Block,
we have made no significant progress. The critical problem
from our point of view is that we have no resources to commit
25X1A to the organization and operation of the Management Block. As
a result, Mr. - is obliged to continue to do this job himself.
4. "Management Science"
SUS and ISC representatives have agreed that inputs to existing
courses will be handled by ISC. Availability of personnel to do
the job may be a problem, but there is no question that the
expertise lies in ISC, not SUS. Mr. is sending the draft
of an overall plan to the Curriculum Council for consideration
on 29 June.
5. "Problem Solving"
AI)TR arranged for to help in the development
of case histories illustrating various approaches to roblem-
solving and decision-making in the Agency. will design 25X1A
and conduct a research project which we hope will produce
material that can be used in a variety of courses.
6. "Leadership Principles"
We have unearthed several sets of "principles" which will
provide the basis for some interesting discussion. Our sources
are the Army War College, the AMA, the Handbook of Social
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Psychology, an We now visualize a program of
a day and a half or two days with a format consisting of inputs
such as reading material, films, and lectures; work sessions
in which the participants will concern themselves with questions
designed to highlight Agency practices; and outputs such as
recommendations for action, statements of principles, and
questions for further study. In addition to considering general
principles of leadership, we expect to devote time to the
examination of principles and practices relating to motivation,
communication, problem-solving and decision-making, and, if
time permits, subjects such as career development, management
succession, planning and control, and so on. We have spotted
about twenty relatively short articles and several films to
en'Large upon some of the material in Dr. Cribbin's book,
"Effective Managerial Leadership". Our biggest problem at
the moment is finding ways of assuring that the "work sessions"
are sufficiently "meaty" to warrant the time and attention of
our most senior officers.
Chief, Support School, OTR
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