REQUEST FOR FULL-TIME TRAINING FOR SECOND SEMESTER

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19 December 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training and Education
SUBJECT: Request for Full-Time Training
For Second Semester
THROUGH:
FROM:
Director of Current Production
Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence
STAT
and Analytic Support
1. The Office of Current Production and Analytic Support STAT
requests that the Agency sponsor as a full-
time student at Harvard University uring the second semester
beginning in January 1985. has been accepted for STAT
admission to the Midcareer Program at Harvard's Kennedy School of
Government. The program is a flexible one, and will STAT
pursue courses in the Public Administration and Analytics cores
related to her primary area of interest.
2. intends to remain with CIA and to work in STAT
areas that w i l l a low the Agency to benefit directly from her
studies. Her thought is that it will take specific efforts to
translate excellence into daily reality and to met the goals the
Agency has set for itself in the Strategic Plan. .
3. The Office of Current Production and Analytic Support
believes that 10 months of study at Harvard University would
enhance considerable skills as an analyst and editor STAT
and increase her future worth to the Agency. She is a dedicated
and mature professional who has planned her course of study
carefully and who can be counted on to take full advantage of
this exceptional training opportunity.
STAT
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SUBJECT: Request for Full-Time Training for Second Semester
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Director of Training and Education Date
Attachments:
A - Tentative list of courses
B - Copy form 136
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December 11, 1984
Report for: STAT
DDI career Development Officer
2E42 Headquarters Building
Washington, DC 20505
Even though the work is much more demanding than I
anticipated, I love being at Harvard and could not
be happier. And I know I'm a good ambassador for
the Agency as many people have taken the trouble to
say they've reassessed their opinions after meeting
such a friendly CIA person.
But on to specifics. . .
1. The Summer Program for Public Administrators in
August consisted of daily classes in math and economics,
twice weekly courses in writing and speed reading, and
lectures giving a taste of courses from the fall semester.
The program kept me at school all day and busy with
homework most every evening until 1 a.m. There were
exams but no transcript of grades. I got a perfect score
on the math exam and about a B in the economics but am
not sure as the professor tootled off without giving us
the course grades. My Agency writing experience proved
most useful. The first paper I did in the writing course
was selected as an example for the rest of the class and
has been incorporated into the Kennedy School curriculum.
I found the Summer Program invaluable not only for the
chance to hone specific skills but also for the chance
to meet other students, in particular the 40 or so
foreigners in the Mason Program.
2. Being here in August also enabled me to survey
courses at the other schools at Harvard. For one thing
the other schools start early in September. For another,
the best courses are closed by late in August. In short,
the Kennedy School catalog lists only a few courses from
other schools and to see the full offering one had to get
the catalogs from the various schools and negotiate with
the registrars and professors of those schools. The Lewis
class at the Law School, for example, is regarded as the
STAT
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best media course at Harvard but it has a very limited
enrollment and only six of us from Kennedy were admitted--
and of the six I was the only one who is not an attorney,
a reporter, or a teachning assistant. Had I waited until
September I wouldn't have made it.
3. I came intending to focus on analytics courses and
after looking around decided instead on courses unique
to Harvard and preferably with outstanding teachers.
The courses I'm taking are:
At the Kennedy School:
Leadership and Group Dynamics - Ronald Heifetz
The American Presidency - Richard Neustadt
Both are in the Public Management Core.
At Harvard Law School:
The Constitution and the Press - Anthony Lewis
At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Myth and History in Spanish America - Carlos Fuentes
Course descriptions are attached.
4. The Leadership course is a laboratory for experimenting
with how and why groups work--or avoid work--on tasks.
The small group I'm in includes an Israeli, a South Korean,
an Argentine, a Frenchman, and a Black South African from
the Zulu Homeland, in addition to five Americans. The
media class provides insights on the issues that have
developed between the press and the government and given
me some ideas on how we might begin to move away from
an adversarial relationship. The Spanish America course
is opening a wide and fascinating world of cultural de-
velopment that I did not know existed. And the Presidency
has given a keen insight into the constraints and oppor-
tunities that face the different men in the Oval Office.
Apart from the courses I participate in a Leadership 2000
seminar that deals with political office and learning to
speak on television.
5. So far there have been exams or papers in only two
of the courses. In Leadership I have gotten the two top
grades on most of the weekly papers. In the Presidency
midterm I earned a B. In the law class there is only
one exam--the final. With hindsight, I think I chose
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interesting but awfully difficult courses for the first
semester. In particular, the reading load is staggering
and I can take only a few days off over Christmas because
I have so much work to complete.
6. It is still a bit early to settle on second semester
courses. But I hope to take the Research Seminar
on
Leadership with Ronnie Heifetz and while I expect
to
be
selected, I may not be because the class is open
to
only
16 students and about 35 have signed up already.
I
have
arranged to take Precalculus at Harvard College,
and
I plan to pick another three courses from among the
following at the Kennedy School:
Political and Organizational Analysis
Legislative and Congressional Behavior
Managing Policy Development in the White House
Managing the Intergovernmental System
The Public Manager's Trade
Corporate Governance
Which I end up in will depend on lots of factors, including
how the professors and courses are rated by previous students
and what the schedule of classes is. Also, I want to see
what's good at the Law and Business Schools. If you would
like, I will drop you a list of the final selections as
soon as I know them--probably in late January.
7. In case I don't survive all the pressure, I do want
to send my deeply felt thanks to everyone at the Office
for the opportunity to be here. I am ecstatic most of
the time and feel so fortunate to be able to learn in
such a rich environment.
STAT
Attachment:
Course Descriptions
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M-690
[Labor Relations]
This course will examine prob-
lems in labor relations in both
the public and private sectors,
with special attention to higher
education and school systems.
Attention will be focused on
union organization, collective
bargaining, and day-to-day ad-
ministration of contractual rela-
tions between educational
managers and unions represen-
ting facilities and support staff.
The following topics will re-
ceive particular attention: the
social, political, and legal en-
vironment underlying labor rela-
tions; the nature of unions;
grievance and arbitration'proce-
dures; union pressure tactics;
concepts of seniority; tenure and
personnel cutbacks; and the
impact of civil rights legislation
on union-management relation-
ships. Teaching methods will
include case analysis, role play-
ing, and involvement exercises.
Current events will receive at-
tention throughout. There will
be a final examination.
Note: Also offered by the
Graduate School of Education
as A-510. Not offered 1984-85.
Half course (fall).
M-691
[Labor Relations Practices]
David Kuechle
This course is designed for
those who expect to have
direct responsibilities in labor
relations and wish to develop
greater breadth and depth in
the field. Principal emphasis
will be on the development and
implementation of labor rela-
tions policies in the public sec-
tor, with special attention to
educational settings. The
course will provide in-depth
simulated experiences in mat-
ters that are likely to be faced
by managers and labor
leaders. Included among these
will be union organization
drives, certification elections,
unfair labor practices, labor
board hearings, the prepar-
ation and presentation of
cases for arbitration, tactics
for coping with picketing and
boycotts, and relations with
mediators, fact-finders,
members of the media, and
politicians.
Prerequisite: M-690, or its
equivalent.
Note: As in M-690, current
events will receive regular at-
tention. Also offered by the
Graduate School of Education
as A-520. Not offered 1984-85.
Half course (spring).
M-692
[Managing Negotiations]
David Kuechle
This course is designed for
students who wish to manage
negotiations more effectively.
It is based on the premise that
everyone with significant
management responsibilities is
involved in some form of
negotiation every day. These
involve intraorganizational
transactions, line-staff relation-
ships trades with individuals
and firms outside an organiza-
tion, and multiparty negotia-
tions involving other organiza-
tions, government agencies,
and representatives of the
media. Four major objectives
guide the presentation of this
course: (1) to gain a broad, in-
tellectual understanding of the
negotiation process; (2) to im-
part knowledge and skills that
will lead to greater success in
negotiation; (3) to develop con-
fidence in the negotiation pro-
cess as an effective means for
resolving interpersonal and
organizational conflict; and (4)
to apply models, frameworks,
and tools to the negotiation
process so that participants
may learn to diagnose opportu-
nities for negotiation and
develop appropriate strategies
for its conduct. Teaching
materials will include cases,
readings, role play simulations,
and skill development ex-
periences. Materials will be
drawn from public and private
sectors, governments at all
levels, school systems, col-
leges, and universities.
Note: Also offered by the
Graduate School of Education
as A-505. Enrollment limited.
Not offered 1984-85.
Half course (spring).
change, labor relations, af-
action, compensa-
firmative
tion, and performance evalua-
tion. It touches upon civil ser-
vice reform, equal employment
opportunity, and management
development. An important
objective of the course is to
understand the power relation- ?
ships between operating
managers and other, often un- i
expected, actors in the pro-
cess of managing people in a
public organization. The goal
is to help managers wield
more influence in pursuit of
better organizational and em-
ployee performance. Concepts
and techniques are presented
largely through case studies
and lectures.
Half course (fall) Mon., Wed.
12:30-2:00.
M-697
Managing Human Behavior
Walter Broadnax
Management. consists, in large
measure, of managing people.
This course is designed to pro-
vide students with an under-
standing of human behavior is
organizations and the ways that
public management can apply
this understanding to the prac-
tice of management. Part I of
the course concentrates on
motivation and behavior,
communication, power and in-
fluence and group decision pro-
as authority. Through numerous
classroom exercises and written
analyses, students will increase
their ability to manage the
variables that determine their
effectiveness in the leadership
role.
Half course (fall) Thurs. 4-6:00,
third hour to be arranged.
Research Seminar in
Leadership
Ronald Heifetz
This seminar will provide
in-depth exposure to the
mechanisms and workings of
groups from the perspective of
leadership. In particular,
students will explore a variety
of interventions in groups of
various types, both from a
theoretical and from a prac-
tical point of view.
Prerequisite: M-698. Enrollment
limited; permission of the in-
structor required.
Half course (spring) Fri.
$-S
M-702
Financial Management,
Budgeting, and Control
Herman Leonard, Mary O'Keeffe
Presents an overview of finan-
cial management concepts used
in the public sector, broadly
defined to include not-for-profit
institutions. The course will
begin with a survey of fun-
ceases. Part II of the course damental accounting concepts
focuses on issues related to and financial statements. It will
organizational structure, design, then treat issues of cost accoun-
and processes. Part ID addresses ting, public pricing, budgeting,
issues related to managing con- and. control. The course will be
flict, adaptation, and change. taught largely in a case format.
Half course (spring) Wed., Fri. Substantial preparation for and
9:30-11:00. participation in class will be
-,,.~ :1required.
M-698 Note: Students will be expected
wt
hi ib
M-696
Personnel and Labor Relations:
Issues for Public Managers
Walter Broadnax
Presents a practical approach
to managing people from the :`.
perspective of an operating f
manager. Addresses issues
and skills including motivation, i'
hiring, firing, organizational
k?
c
Leadership and the Mobilization t to eve an acquamtance
of Group Resources s basic concepts of accounting
prior to enrollment in the
Ronald Heifer course. Students should prepare
This course offers students con-i by undertaking the "program-
f.
of leadership and op- (: med learning" introduction to
portunities to explore and draw.' accounting in Essentials of Ac-
upon their own efforts and ex- ~ counting, 3rd edition, by Robert,
periences in the leadership role., N. Anthony. There will be a
The aim is to provide a basis fore abort quiz based on the Anthony
the continued development of workbook daring the first week
the capacity to lead, i.e., to of the course.
manage oneself and groups in a' Half course (fag) section A:
way that elicits creative think- j_ Tues., Thins. 8:30-10:00;
ing and purposeful action. The section B: Tnes., Thurs.
course will consider various ap- 10:30-12.00.
proachei to group relations and
leadership, and will focus cm -
particular models that are useful
in developing a framework for
understanding and managing the
functions of leadership as well
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point for the various activities
conducted in the course,
whether cognitive, affective, or
behavioral in nature. The model
that will be followed will take
participants through a learning
process that will provide an
understanding of interpersonal
behavior, intrapersonal
behavior, and group behavior
within various organizational
and administrative contexts.
Each person completing this
course should have developed a
dearer understanding and a
deeper appreciation of the im-
Pact interpersonal behavior(s)
may and do have on managerial
intentions and organizational
outcomes.
Note: Enrollment will be
limited.
Modular course (spring, period
!II) Thurs. 4-6:00.
M-622
legislative and Congressional
Behavior
David Blumenthal, Martin
Linsky
This course will teach students
how to deal successfully with
legislatures. Topics covered
will include the process itself,
the role of staff and support
agencies, legislative leadership
and committee structure, the
budget, and the view from the
perspective of outsiders such
as interest groups and the ex-
ecutive branch: Special atten-
tion will be given to Congress,
both as a paradigm and as the
most influential legislature in
American government.
Note: Enrollment is limited.
Half course (spring) Mon.,
Wed. 10-12:00.
M-651m
The Political Management of
Federal Departments
Jonathan Moore
Addresses problems present in
making and implementing
policy in federal departments.
The areas of specific concern
are complex and difficult
political issues. Specific il-
lustrative cases drawn from
various federal departments
will be used. Examines the
"external" developments and
actors influencing policy and
program outcome that are
beyond immediate control of
the departmental official. Five
sets of political interests will
be stressed: the professional
bureaucracy, the external con-
stituencies most directly af-
fected, the White House, the
Congress, and the media.
Problems of transition, interde-
partmental relations, crisis
management, damage limi-
tation, and ethics will be includ-
ed. The module will use ap-
propriate analytic techniques
and will develop common pro-
positions as it proceeds.
Modular course (spring, period
III) Tues. 2-4:00.
M-659m
Managing the Public
Procurement Process
Richard Ravitch t`
Explores the financing of public'.
capital expenditures at the state'
and local level and the gover-
nance of institutions that make`
them. Specific topics include:
bow capital needs are identified;'
the merits of alternative finan-
cing techniques; the relationship'.
between a public authority's
"credit-worthiness" and its
dependence on the legislative
process; the comparative merits i
of various procurement tech-
management, including issue
identification, strategy forma-
tion, policy analysis, and im-
plementation planning.
Modular course (spring, period
III) hours to be announced.
M-665m
Managing Policy
Development in the
White House
Stuart Eizenstat
This course deals with the fac-
tors that influence decision
making by the President and
the ways of managing policy
the rhetoric, theory, and prac-
tice of U.S. Federalism from
the Federalist papers to the
contemporary arguments
about a new Federalism.
Half course (spring) Thurs.
9-11:00, third hour to be
arranged.
The Public Manager's Trade
Hale Champion
This module is designed to ex-
plore a variety of operational
skills, techniques, and devices
available to
bli
pu
c managers in
development in the White their daily functions. The ses-
House. ___ __,_ cions will be in the form of
M
IV) odular course (spring, period, workshops and include: how to
'M Fri. 10-12:00.
hire; how to fire; how to make
sure assignments are mutually
M-671 understood; how to get more in-
The American Presidency > formation than is volunteered'
-
Richard American
Neustadt bow to deal with secretaries,
The development and modem special assistants, government
practice of elective executive lawyers, and other professional
r
leadership in the United advisers; how to cope with the
States, focusing attention on 1. telephone; omee in-and-out boxes; ae
the tasks and arts of rulers as general, how to get work done
participants in governmental both before and after the
action. British antecedents and policies have been determined
counterparts will be introduced = and the strategies set.
to sharpen analysis.
Note: Also given by the Depart- Modular course (spring, period
ment of Government as N) Mon. 4-6:00.
plications; the role of the media; Half course (fall) Tues., Thurs. M-678
differences between public and 12-1:00, third hour to be Management Information
private sector governance arranged. Systems
including labor relations, and ferry Mechling
the relationship between federal, ~.._ M-675 Over the next twen five
state, and local institutions, Marna -g. ...,. ty-
8t in the years, computers will exert a
laws, and political processes. Intergovernmental System major influence on public
The module will emphasize Hale Champion sector managers-whether as
practical skills for use in the
analysts,
public agencies question. A majority of all domestic see- simply as, policy members of a s or
a ocie-
vice and regulatory programs that ibecoming
Modular course (spring, period involve more than one level of ty that is rapidly IV) Thurs. 2-4:00. corn ut d
T
M-664m
The Management of Policy
Development
Instructor TBA
Examines policy development in
a variety of settings, including
legislatures, administrative
agencies, and courts, and in a
variety of situations, including
those in which programmatic
design is shared between two
levels of government. Explores
innovative policy development
techniques, such as the use of
presidential commissions and
the congressional budget pro-
cess. Through these examina-
tions, the course will analyze
important aspects of policy
his course is
government in their financing, k, seize .
accountability, delivery , and/or designed to assist students in
regulation. This course em- dealing intelligently with the
phasizes the characteristics of choices involved. The focus
state and local participation will be on management tools
and the indirect management and the uses of computers to
responsibilities of federal improve organizations. To this
supervisors in Washington, end, students will become
D.C., and in regional field of- familiar with basic MIS con-
fices. It also deals extensively cepts, the systems develop-
with the use of political back ment process, and a range of
channels at all levels. Cases important applications and
include material on health, issues. In addition, but to a
welfare, environmental protec- lesser extent, students will ex-
tion, transportation, economic amine the use of computers as
development, human services, Personal tools and the impacts
revenue-sharing, and other ma- of computerization on broader
jor intergovernmental pro- social and economic issues.'
grams, plus readings and As Part of the course, students
discussion of the evolution of will gain some hands-on ex=
perience with management
oriented microcomputer soft-
ware.
Half course (spring) Mon.,
Wed. 12:30-2:00.
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Press).
new legal responsibilities go with new power?
Classroom discussion by students is expected, and no one should take this course
unless he or she is prepared to read the often extensive materials and join in the
discussion. Course enrollment will be limited to 50 students.
Multilithed materials will be used, but a casebook is recommended for supple-
mentary reference: Franklin, Cases and Materials on Mass Media Law (Foundation
Constitutional Law: Explores in depth the history and current status of 42 U.S.C. ?1983, the dominant?~- 4
Constitutional Remedies statutory vehicle for vindication of constitutional rights in civil cases. Topics include
Visiting Professor Eisenberg the important antecedent civil rights statute, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the scope of
2 credits (3035) Winter ?1983, the immunities from suit of individuals and governmental entities, and the
relationship between federal and state courts in civil rights cases.
Seminar: Constitutional Law- This seminar will analyze and evaluate the study of constitutional law as a process of
Ideology and Legitimation in legitimation structured by ideology. We shall ask: What does it mean to study consti-
Constitutional Law tutional law this way? How can we do it? Is it worth doing? To deal with such
Professor Parker questions, we may spend more than half the semester considering non-legal writings
Not offered 1984-85 on the theory of legitimation and ideology. Then, we shall consider some recent court
opinions and scholarly writings on constitutional law in light of that theory.
Multilithed materials.
Consumer Protection This course will deal with the characteristic problems involved in applying the "gen-
Professor Rakoff eral" law of contracts to consumer transactions, and with some of the corrective
Not offered 1984-85 measures- judge-made, statutory, and administrative- which have been taken to
meet those problems. No effort will be made to cover the field of consumer protection
as a whole, but arguments of general applicability will be canvassed. The dual focii of the
endeavor will be to attempt to understand the subject-matter area and to try to compre-
hend the interrelations of the various aspects of the legal system pertaining thereto.
Students enrolling in this course should be familiar with the basic principles of
administrative law as well as contract law.
Materials to be announced.
# Copyright
Professor Miller
2 credits (3036) Spring
Legal problems arising in the production, marketing and distribution of literary,
artistic, musical, and related works. The course centers on the law of copyright and the
changes brought about by the new statute and the influences of modern information
and entertainment technologies. It considers also the relation of copyright to other
branches of law, including "unfair competition."
Kaplan and Brown, Cases on Copyright (3d ed.).
Corporate Finance A study of financial transactions of publicly held corporations, including equity and
Section C debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and other corporate ad-
Mr. Louis Cohen justments, and liquidations. The emphasis will be on the role of the lawyer as counse-
l credits (3059) Winter lor, negotiator, and draftsman. Several recent transactions will be studied in some
detail. Prerequisite: Corporations. Brudney and Chirelstein, Cases and Materials on
Corporate Finance (1979 and 1982 supplement); mimeographed materials.
Corporate Finance Economic and legal problems arising in connection with financing decisions of pub-
Section B licly held corporations, including valuation of the enterprise and its securities, deter-
Professor Clark mination of securities structure and dividend policy, and decisions on investment
4 credits (3038) Spring opportunities, whether by internal expansion or by merger or take-over. Consideration
will be given to the application of Federal securities regulation and State law to the
corporate decisions and to the import of the legal requirements for investors.
This course is open only to students who have successfully completed the Corpora-
tions course.
Brudney and Chirelstein, Materials on Corporate Finance (2d ed. 1979).
Constitutional Law: The press and other forms of mass communication have acquired a more significant
The Constitution role in the United States than in any other country. Their constitutional protections
and the Press against official regulation have been greatly enlarged by the courts in recent years. As
Mr. Lewis the press assumes a more significant public role, should it have special privileges.
2 credits (3034) Fall under the Constitutional system? What is the relevance of media concentration? Do
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Required reading
1-~'Y1., 1?-:. I" S
r\^ KZ C S
(Available at the Coop and on reserve at Hilles and Lamont Libraries. For those
taking the section in Spanish there will be a limited number of these books
for sale at Schoenhof's.)
Azuela, Mariano. The Underdogs (Signet)
Borges, J.L. Labyrinths (New Directions)
Carpentier, Alejo. The Lost Steps (Alfred Knopf)
Cortazar, Julio. End of the Game and Other Stories
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal The Conquest of New Spain (Penguin)
Erasmus. Praise of Folly (Penguin)
Lezama Lima, Jose. Paradiso *
Machiavelli, N. The Prince (Penguin)
More, Thomas Utopia '(Penguin)
Rojas, Fernando de. Celestina: A ,Play in Twenty-One Acts (University of
Wisconsin Press)
Rulfo, Juan. Pedro Pgramo
There is also a SOURCEBOOK for this course which is an anthology
compiled of the articles and book chapters relevant to the course
topics. It should be bg-ught at the Core office (after the second
week of class .
* Sold at the Core office, 38 Kirkland Street (after the fourth week of-class)
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