SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY MIDCAREER EXECUTIVE PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1970
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ORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary, Training Selection Board
REFERENCE
Syracuse University Mickareer Rxecutive Program
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MAXWELL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Alan K. Campbell, Dean
Robert W. Gregg, Chairman, Department of Political Science
Melvin A. Eggers, Chairman, Department of Economics
Harvey A. Martens, Director, Public Administration Programs
Clifford L. Winters, Jr., Dean
Frank E. Funk, Assistant Dean
L. L. Smith, Executive Director
Residential and Public Service Programs
Karl M. Schmidt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Director
Laurel Ann Roth, Administrativg Assistant
Michael Barkun, Associate Professor of Political Science
Frank N. Marini, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Harvey A. Martens, Lecturer in Public Administration
Spencer Parratt, Professor of Political Science
Sidney C. Sufrin, Professor of Economics
Jay B. Westcott, Professor of Political Science
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Why Midcareer Management Education?
With increasing specialization a characteristic of government and pro-
fessional work of all kinds, an urgent demand has developed in recent years
for broad-gauged executives capable of administering complex programs
in a rapidly-changing environment.
Yet in virtually every agency, individual promotion and advancement
have been based upon demonstrated competence in some technical or pro-
fessional specialization. All too often those who have been most successful
in this competition have been least prepared for the demands of their new
assignments, too little aware of the complexities of the world at the top-
the world of multiplying intergovernmental relations, of partisan pressure
and administrative politics, of increasing responsibilities to legislature
and judiciary as well as to press and public.
In filling these high-level posts, the outstanding professional, the superb
technician all too often has been converted into a less-than-outstanding,
far-from superb administrator. It is to meet this demand for top person-
nel who can "make a mesh of things" that modern midcareer training pro-
grams have developed.
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The Maxwell School of Syracuse University is uniquely qualified to pro-
vide midcareer training for the public service. As the first school of pub-
lic administration in the United States, it has, for more than 40 years pio-
neered in educating young men and women for responsible positions in the
public service.
Nearly two decades ago Syracuse joined with New York University to
establish the pioneering Albany Graduate Program in Public Administration
-midcareer education for civil servants of the Empire State. Nearly 10
years ago Maxwell expanded its operations overseas to help the Govern-
ment of Pakistan set up the Pakistan Administrative Staff College in La-
hore. This institution is exclusively concerned with residential midcareer
training of senior civil servants. Most recently, it has helped the govern-
ment of Kenya establish an Institute for Public Administration in Nairobi.
At home the Maxwell School provides the social science division for
Syracuse University. Thus it possesses a large interdisciplinary f iculty
offering both graduate and undergraduate instruction in anthropology eco-
nomics, geography, history, political science, public administration and
sociology. Many members of the staff have had extensive governmental
experience in high administrative posts. Others have served federal state
and local governments in consulting capacities. Many possess international
reputations. Many have conducted research and published extensively in
the field of public administration.
Alan Dean, Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Trans-
portation, addresses Midcareer trainees.
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rogram
The Midcareer Executive Development Program is designed to help up-
per and upper middle managers prepare themselves for more effective per-
formance and more responsible positions in the public service. In a cam-
pus semester "away from the daily agency routine, " it seeks to broaden
perspectives and develop the attributes of mind and the management skills
that characterize the successful senior administrator.
More specifically, the Maxwell School attempts to provide program par-
ticipants with opportunities to:
1. acquire a basic knowledge, understanding and appreciation
of modern theories and techniques of managing government
organizations in a dynamic environment;
2. develop the ability to formulate policy and objectives, to
make decisions under less-than-certain conditions, to com-
municate complex information, to apply the basic tools of
administrative management and to coordinate the work of
staff and technical specialists; and
3. broaden their interest in government affairs, improve their
understanding of political and intergovernmental relations
and intensify their personal interest in continuing education
as a means to more effective public service.
Conducted by Syracuse University's Maxwell Graduate School of Citizen-
ship and Public Affairs, in collaboration with University College's Continu-
ing Education Center for the Public Service, it is a residential program
which brings together personnel with both technical and general adminis-
trative backgrounds.
Originally established exclusively for trainees from the Federal Avia-
tion Agency, the Midcareer Program in 1966 became a full multi-agency
offering, with participants from such other agencies as the Department of
Agriculture, Internal Revenue Service, National Security Agency, the Smith-
sonian Institution, Social Security Administration, and Department of tat
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Curriculum
The curriculum has been carefully designed in both content and method
to balance the experiential background and practical know- how of the parti-
cipants with the critical analytical insight and theoretical foundations pro-
vided by the faculty.
The heart of the program is the Executive Action core course which is
conducted under the newly-introduced study team technique. In this ap-
proach the participants are divided into separate teams of eight to 15 under
the leadership of their own members as chairmen. With faculty guidance
and participation, they read, study, discuss, analyze and prepare reports
in a series of two-week blocks on subjects which include: Modern Organi-
zation, Executive Dynamics, Budgeting and Financial Management, Per-
sonnel Management, Planning and Administration, External Relations in
Administration, and the Administrative Process.
A second required course, The Administrator and the Environment, uti-
lizes a dual technique of classroom lecture and four-five man team research
projects conducted in the field. In this fashion, the participants develop a
greater awareness of the complex world in which the administrator must
exist-the world of political and inter-governmental relations.
A third required course, The Economy, Government and Business, con-
ducted on a lecture- discussion basis, is designed to equip the executive with
a better understanding of the economic principles and problems which so
vitally affect administration. It examines, among other topics, both inone-
tary and fiscal policy pursued by the federal government.
Each participant, with faculty counseling, selects a fourth course-an
elective to meet his individual requirements and round out his program.
The choice is made from a wide selection across the University spectrum,
and may involve either a broad, educational type or a more specific
program-oriented offering. Frequently elected courses include:
Social Psychology, Political Psychology, Quantitative Aids to
Administration, Public Budgeting, Public Personnel Adminis-
tration, Personnel and Industrial Relations, National Income
Analysis, National Planning, Statistics, Natural Resources
Administration, and so on.
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Study team members engage in discussion of "Executive Action"' under
their own chairman.
Selection of Participants
Selection of participants for the program is made by their respective
agencies on the basis of agency evaluation of the individual's record and
his potential for future growth and promotion. Generally, those chosen
have had significant responsible administrative experience, and have been
in grades GS 13 through GS 1.5. In short, they have been those identified
by the agency as its likely senior, super-grade administrators five to 10
years hence. Equally high performance has been achieved by both gen-
eralist administrators and those with predominantly technical experience.
Individual attributes and characteristics such as breadth of mind and inter-
est in learning have proven far better guides to likely success in the pro-
gram than previous formal education.
Consequently, while the program is conducted on a graduate level com-
mensurate with the standards of the Maxwell School, no undergraduate de-
gree or specific type administrative experience is required for participa-
tion. It is requested, however, that brief agency personnel summaries and
informal educational transcripts be submitte a
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egree Opportunities
Successful completion of the program courses (at a grade of B or better)
earns regular graduate level academic credit at Syracuse University-six
hours for the Executive Action core course, three hours for each of the
other required courses and for the elective.
While participation in the Midcareer Program does not guarantee accept-
ance in matriculated status by the Graduate School of Syracuse University,
those who successfully complete their course work and already possess an
undergraduate degree can be assured of careful consideration if they desire
to pursue a graduate degree. Those undertaking further work frequently
elect the MA in Public Administration (where the background requirement
is "significant responsible administrative experience"), or the MA in Po-
litical Science (where the requirement is 15 hours undergraduate credit in
that discipline).
Each of these degree programs requires the completion of 15 additional
hours of graduate credit (six of which are fulfilled by satisfactory comple-
tion of a master's thesis, six of which may be transferred from accredited
graduate institutions elsewhere).
For those wishing to pursue degree opportunities at another institution,
program-earned Syracuse credits are regularly transferable, subject, of
course, to the rules of the university involved.
Faculty
Instruction for the Midcareer Program's three required courses ik, pro-
vided by regular members of the faculty of the Maxwell School. Each pos-
sesses significant administrative experience-much of it in midcareer
training-as well as customary academic qualifications. Professor Karl
M. Schmidt, who directs the program, has served for 2 1/2 years as senior
Resident Advisor to the Government of Pakistan at the Pakistan Adminis-
trative College, Lahore. Professor Sidney Sufrin was chief of an ECA
Study Mission to Spain, and Professor Spencer Parratt lists a long series
of consultantships to federal agencies ranging from the Department of Ag-
riculture to the War Labor Board. Professor Harvey A. Martens has
served in the Office of the Secretary in both the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture and Navy Department. Professor Jay B. Westcott served in the
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Marini serves as managing editor of the Public Administration Review, and
Professor Michael Barkun is an expert in the field of public law.
In addition to the regular faculty members, guest lectures are regularly
offered by other Maxwell faculty members including Dean Alan K. Camp-
bell, Professors Marguerite Fisher, H. George Frederickson, John C.
Honey, Roscoe C. Martin, Dwight Waldo and William Wasserman.
Finally, guest lecturers from Washington agencies are regularly invited
to visit the campus and discuss selected aspects of their administrative
specialties with the participants. In the past these visitors have included
such outstanding individuals as Lester P. Condon, Inspector General, De-
partment of Agriculture; Alan Dean, Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion, Department of Transportation; Edward Preston, Assistant Commis-
sioner for Administration, Internal Revenue Service; Joseph M. Robertson,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Agriculture; John
Schwartz, Executive Officer, Bureau of District Office Operations. Social
Security Administration; and Rufus Z. Smith. Country Director for Canadian
Affairs, Department of State.
Physical Accommodations
Modern, furnished apartments are available to participants and their
families in the Midcareer Program at the Continuing Education Center for
the Public Service. The Center is located on a 24-acre tract about 10 min-
utes south of the main campus. Apartments have one or two bedrooms; the
Center provides weekly maintenance and linen service. Ample parkine: space
and several garages are available. Housing costs at the Continuing Educa-
tion Center depend on size of family unit, and type of accommodations re-
quested. When a participant is not accompanied by his family, he uisually
shares a two-bedroom apartment with a fellow student.
The Center also houses the program office, lecture and seminar rooms,
a cafeteria-dining room, study lounges, a library, and a recreation center
with games and equipment. All facilities of the University are also ,open to
the Midcareer participants, including Student Health Service which provides
medical and hospital care. Good public schools are available in the neigh-
borhood, and the time for the program closely coincides with the first se-
mester of the school year.
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Financial Arrangements
Tuition for the Midcareer Program is $1480 for the semester ! 1970).
This includes all university fees. It does not include books. Agencies
generally make available a book allowance of $150 for student purchase of
necessary texts and other required materials.
Agency arrangements for living expenses have varied somewhat in the
past, the it has been customary to provide a per diem allowance of about
$11-$12 to cover room and board.
In addition to travel to and from the campus at the beginning and end of
the session, most agencies have provided one extra round trip (usually uti-
lized over Christmas recess) for those individuals not accompanied by their
families.
Regular salary is, of course, paid the participant by his agency. since
the training program is considered a part of his agency assignment.
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va uation o e rogram
Perhaps one of the best means of evaluating a training program Lies in
the comments of its past members. The following observations repre-
sent a sampling of opinion on the value of the program accordinLr, to its
participants.
I feel that the Syracuse session was an integral portion of i.
greater program to once again restore perceptivity, creativity,
and the questioning mind. It depends on the individual and th,_
job, of course, but the Midcareer Program arrives at a caree r
point where many individuals have accepted the party line and
tend to become stagnant, at a time when many had lost the in
spiration to wonder, question and analyze.
The Midcareer Program renews the urge to escape medi
ocrity and status quo and instills a desire to develop fresh:
ideas and to channel these ideas into sound recommendations
for action. The influence of the program will probably be re
flected to some degree in all of my future actions.
William M. Morehouse
Federal Aviation Administration
The program has proven very valuable to me. I only wish it
went on for a full year instead of one semester.
William J. Gould, Jr.
Department of Agriculture
The Syracuse program, viewed in retrospect, was of immeas-
urable benefit to me. It gave identification and nomenclature
to the governmental process which had been previously recog-
nized but possibly not so well understood and appreciated. L
also helped me to understand and more fully appreciate those
forces, both internal and external, which shape our government.
Gordon Jenkins
Federal Aviation Administration
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1. A vastly broadened knowledge of agency operations other
than my previous technical specialty.
3. A better understanding of the impact of agency oper;,-
tions and actions on the lives of its customers, neigh-
bors and the nation as a whole.
4. A closer identification with the agency and its mission,
and a realization of its place in the total schemes ?f
things.
5. A new awareness of the need to continually update m.y
education and training-just to stay even!
6. Enhanced ability to handle, objectively, work assign-
ments outside my previous technical specialty.
7. A new outlook on managing organizations-sort of a com -
bination of "How little I know compared to what I thought
I did!" and "I think I now have a pretty solid foundation
for learning more. "
.John W. Munds
6516 Firebrand Street
Los Angeles, Calif. 90095
I have been very pleased with the program. I feel I got a great.
deal out of it. I shall recommend continued participation by
my agency.
.John W. Henderson
Internal Revenue Service
As I view the training one year later I believe it was better than
perceived at the time. The demanding workload did provide
"mental stretching. " As a result of the study material beinu;
relatively unrelated to previous work I was jarred out of old
ruts of thinking.
Arlen M. Clement
Federal Aviation Administratio;i
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The program has sharpened my appetite for things academic,
It has heightened my interest in management.
Vrancfs P. McCormicl.
Department of State
The program has stimulated my interests above and beyond So-
cial Security. It has brought me a re-realization of the impor-
tance of other areas.
Jerome N. Drane
Social Security Administration
On my return to my pre-program facility, I saw it in an entire-
ly new light. The approximately three hundred people, repre-
senting in excess of three million dollars annual salary ex-
penditures, were disorganized, disgruntled and were following
less than a completely purposeful course. Through my efforts.
based primarily on what I had learned during the program and
to a lesser extent during my assignment to the Central Region.
the administrative and technical force was reorganized into a
purposeful group with clearly delineated lines of authority and
communication. With the new organization and a higher degrec
of technical and administrative specialization there have been
many gains; reduced overtime expenditures, and improvement
in the quality and quantity of suggestions from the "doing" level.
more effective management through the availability of produc-
tivity records originated at the first line supervisory level.
improved service to users and increased safety.
Measurable dollar returns alone, at the Oakland Center.
constitute strong justification for the money spent on my train-
ing. More important are the gains that were made in the un-
measurables, safety and service to users.
Robert E. Kirby
Federal Aviation Administration
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THE 1970-71 PROGRAM
The Midcareer Executive Development Program for 1970 will begin
Monday, September 14, 1970 and end Friday, January 22, 1971.
The first week will be devoted to registration (1/2 day), advisory and
counseling services (3 days) and a brief orientation program (1-1/2 days).
Following, there will be 15 weeks of class work (interrupted by Thanksgiv-
ing weekend and Christmas recess holidays), concluding with a final week
devoted to evaluation and examinations. Total: 19 weeks.
Copies of the past year's syllabus are available on request. For further
information, please direct your inquiries to:
Dr. Karl M. Schmidt, Director
Midcareer Executive Development Program
1.09 Roney Lane
Syracuse, New York 13210
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In addition to the Midcareer Executive Development Program, Syracuse
University has created a number of other educational programs designed
to meet the needs of professional men and women. Virtually all profes-
sional groups whose fields of expertise are affected by social and techno-
logical change have become increasingly aware of the confusion and inade-
quacy posed by such changes and by additions to professional knowledge.
Responding to such needs, the University has planned special midcareer
programs of varying length, intensity and cost for such diverse groups as
public leaders and officials from many foreign countries, engineers, pub-
lic works executives, hospital supervisory nurses, Department of Defense
comptrollers, water treatment plant operators, business executives and
local government officials.
Such special programs are interdisciplinary and interdepartmental in
character, involving the close cooperation of many different schools and
divisions throughout the University. A facilitating, managerial partner in
most of these projects is University College, the continuing education col-
lege of Syracuse University. The College has a distinguished history ex-
tending over 50 years of programming to meet the needs of adults in our
society. This tradition has developed a depth and range of experience in
programming and administration most valuable in planning and managing
all kinds of midcareer educational programs. The Continuing Education
Center for the Public Service is the residential facility of University Col-
lege used as the site for midcareer programs.
For further information on specially designed midcareer
educational programs, or on specific living conditions and costs
at the Center, write or phone:
Mr. L. L. Smith, Director
The Continuing Education Center for the Public Service
110 Roney Lane
Syracuse, New York 13210
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MAXWELL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
STAT Mr..C
Registrar
Office of Training
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
STAT Dear Mr.
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110 RONEY LANE I SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13210
12 December 1969
The Maxwell Graduate School of Syracuse University is pleased to announce its
seventh annual Midcareer Executive Development Program. This residential course
for federal.administrators will again be conducted on a multi-agency basis, with
applications welcomed from those agencies which have not previously participated.
The dates for the coming year will be Monday September 14, 1970 through Friday
January 22, 1971.
The course of study is designed to help upper and upper-middle level administra-
tors prepare themselves for more effective performance and for more responsible
positions in the public service. During the semester on Syracuse campus, the
program seeks to broaden perspectives and to sharpen administrative capacity
through a series of courses which have been specially designed and are conducted
exclusively for mideareerists. These courses include two key public administration
offerings -- Executive Action (6 hours) and The Administrator- and the Environment
(3, hours) as well as an Economics course for the non-economist administrator --
The Economy, Government and Business (3 hours). An additional 3 hour elective
course is individually chosen to match the requirements of the participant and
his agency. Frequently chosen electives include: Public Personnel Administration,
Public Budgeting, Social Psycholo Labor Relations, and (quantitative An-alysis.
In recent years participants have generally been in the grades of GS-13 through
GS-15 and have come from such agencies as Agriculture, FAA, Internal Revenue,
NSA, Social Security, and the Department of State. Those successfully completing
the semester program have the opportunity, if they wish, to apply for additional
study which will expand their Midcareer core into an advanced degree in the public
administration programs of the Maxwell School.
We are now accepting applications for the Fall 1970 program and will be happy
to, receive any nominations you may wish to make. Recommendations of agency
personnel officers weigh heavily in our admissions decisions.
The enclosed brochure describes the main features of the program. If you wish
a copy of our syllabus for the present semester, or further information about
the coming year, I shall be happy to respond to your request.
Sincerely yours,
Karl M. Schmidt
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