LETTER FROM KEPNER-TREGOE REPRESENTATIVE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: May 9, 1977
• Content Type: MF

9 MAY 1977
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MEMORANDUM' FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROM: John F. Blake STATINTL
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Letter from Kepner-Tregoe Representative
R IF RBNCE: Letter to DCI frcmt Kepner-Tregoe
Representative dated 27 April 1977
STATINTL
1. Action Requested: Your signature is required on
a reply toe "the vendor of management materials,
Kepner-Tregoe, Inc., dated 27 April 1977.
2. Back round: Reference letter fron Dr. Charles i-i.
Bishop, Jr: makes a judgment, nariely that Kepner-Ttregoe
(K-T) materials are underutilized in our management training.
The Office of Training has used the co Sri ghted K-T materials
for about a year, since hiring Mr. who is a
licensed K-T instructor. iowever, runnin t e K-T course
has occupied only a minor part of P,t. time. To
date, the Office of Training has run the K-T program seven
times for 117 students, for a total cost of materials of
approximately 17,000. chile the course has received
moderate interest in CIA, we feel implementation of the K-T
techniques requires saturation training at all management
levels of the Agency. Therefore, we are planning to dis-
continue running this course since similar subject matter
is used in other training courses. We also have available
to us at no cost a more concise non-copyrighted pro'gra)a
used by the Civil Service Commission which we can use for
workshops as needed.
3. Recommendation. It is recommended that you sig
the attac otter re erring the vendor to the Director
Training.
John F. Blake
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Charles H. Bishop, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate
Kepner-Tregee, Inc.
The Watergate
600 Aew Hampshire Avenue, N.'-' .
Washington, DC 20037
STATINTL
.Dear Dr. Bishop:
Thank you for your letter of 27 April 1977. As you
probably know, we have been using Kepner-Tregoe materials
for about one year. Representatives of our Office of
Training inform me that the course has been moderately
successful.
As you can appreciate, I am not yet well acquainted
with the details of our training establishment. I suggest
that a discussion with Mr. Harry Fitzwater, Director of
Training, might be more appropriate at this time.
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r. Fitzwater
s telephone number is
Yours sincerely,
STANNSPIFLD TURNER
Admiral, U.S. Navy
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27 April 1977
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director,
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Washington, D.C. X0505
KEPNER
TREE
The purpose of this letter is to request an appointment with you to
discuss the use of some basic concepts and ideas that can directly
affect decision-making in the C.I.A. This resource is presently
available in the C.I.A., but is presently being under-utilized. The
track record of the program is that it has been exceedingly well
received and participants within the program identify it as a program
that should be offered at the higher levels in the C.I.A.
The objectives of the program are to:
o sharpen the individual managers' ability to analyze
problems, make decisions and prevent potential problems
o sharpen the ability of managers to ask relevant and
specific questions of the right people
o increase the ability to make more objective and effec-
tive evaluation of conclusions and recommendations
o development of subordinates' skills in problem-solving
and problem prevention.
We presently do regular business with a number of federal, state and
local governments and over 75% of the world's top money-makers. I
feel strongly that these same ideas and processes could assist you in
the future direction of the C.I.A.
Let me reference some administrators who we are presently doing busi-
ness with, and who could give you additional information on our ability
to produce results for you:
STATINTL
He is an excellent instructor and potentially an outstanding J
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
27 April 1977
Admiral E.T. Westfall
Commander (100)
NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD
Portsmouth, VA 23709
804/393-7318
Robert H. Wertheim
Technical Director of Navy Strategies
Systems Project Office
OX5-2964
Rear Admiral Levering Smith
Commanding Officer
OX5-2064
Honorable Joseph T. McCullen
Assistant Secretary for Manpower
and Reserve Affairs
UNITED STATES NAVY
In the next week I will call your office to set up a personal meeting
at your convenience to discuss how these ideas can be better utilized
in the C.Z.A. During these days where government is expected to get
the results with a decreased resource base, our approach can make a
difference. I look forward to meeting with you.
CHARLES H. BISHOP, JR., PH.D.
Associate
CHB/vmv
Encl.
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