SENIOR MANAGEMENT SEMINAR

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2002
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• Content Type: REPORT

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
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SENIOR MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
Agency personnel selected in past years to attend the Advanced
Management Program conducted by the Graduate Schoolkof Business
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estimates. of the value of the program. In particular, the Administra-
have been unanimous in their
tive Practices Course has been recommended as entirely pertinent
for CIA. Inasmuch as the Agency cannot send everyone to
discussions pertaining to a management seminar for senior Agency
officials centered around the possibility of having the Administrative
Practices Course adapted to the requirements of the Agency.
Early in 1960 a number of meetings were held with
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Inspector General, the Deputy Director (Support) , and the Director
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who had been cleared for
access to classified information, with data sufficient to permit
him to arrive at an appreciation of the complexities of management
within CIA.
The result of these meetings is the especially designed Senior
Management Seminar, geared to the interests of CIA and conducted
by
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Aim grid Emphasis
The subject matter of the seminar has been carefully selected
for its. relevance to the Agency rather than to its government-wide
or industry-wide applicability. Within the broad objective of
improving management practices, the seminar will touch upon con-
cepts such as leadership, communication, motivation, coordination,
and decision-making. Fundamentally, however, the seminar will be Ui
concerned with people--their behavior, thinking, and values--in the
managerial framework. Among the topics to be considered are the
following:
1. the determinants of the effectiveness of organizations
and executive action
2. the role of values and assumptions in managerial
situations, especially their influence on a manager's
choice among possible ends and means
3. the skills, attitudes, and personal qualities which
enhance the effectiveness of responsible individuals
as they work with others in organizations
In.discussions, participants w411 be able to exchange experiences
and compare ways of thinking about management. Each participant
will-have many opportunities to improve his ability to perceive inter-
relationships of complex human, technical, and administrative factors.
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He may also gain; competence in integrating differences, among
persons, groups, objectives, and ideals within. an organization.
Work of this kind coon--be helpful for the participant who desires
to re-examine his own experience and to enlarge the basis for his
further growth in, the Agency.
Method
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will use; the case method exclusively. Each
participant W4ll prepares for the classroom discussions by reading
and analyzing the oases and then joining a small group for pre-
liminary discussion. Both in the small groups and in the classroom
discussions which follow, attention will be given to specific Agency
experiences and problems which parallel the case under consideration.
.From the experiences of others, each participant will increase his
competence in dealing with problems which confront him on the 'job.
Classroom discussions will take place Monday through Saturday
of both weeks of the course. As a' rule, each day there will be three
classroom periods, one of which may be in the evening. Two periods
will be held on Saturdays. This schedule may be modified at the
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Location, Dates, and other Administrative Data
The seminar will begin on Monday, 16 October and and on
Saturday, -6 October 196,. It will be held at the newly completed
- OTR facility
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Specific dates for briefings on administrative arrangements will
be announced early in September. Participants are cautioned against
disclosure of the location of the seminar.
Eligibility and Enrollment Procedures
The seminar has been designed primarily for senior Agency
officials at a level of responsibility roughly equivalent to office
or division head or deputy. The anticipated grade levels are from
GS 15 18 with emphasis wherever possible on younger men who
hold these grades and who can look forward to five or more years
of service with the Agency.
The following attendance quotas have been established.
Office of the DCI --
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DDP Components
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DDI Components
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DDS Components --
11
The Deputy Directors are requested to forward to the Director of
Training by k-September 196-0 the names of the nominees from the
components under their direction.
Early publication of this announcement is intended to allow
sufficient lead time to assist in the selection of .participants who
will not be obliged to cancel their enrollment at the last minute.
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