ANNUAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00213A000100010012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 1998
• Sequence Number: 12
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOh: Deputy Director (Intelligence
Deputy Director (Plans)
Assistant Director for Communications
Director of Training
Cable Secretary ;.~ _.
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SUPJECT: Annual Management Improvement Reporf+-__
1. You will recall that the Agency's annual management improvement
report, as prescribed in Pureau of the Budget Circular A-8, dated 29
June 1951, should be submitted to the Pureau of the Pudget no later than
15 September 1954 for Fiscal Year 1954.
2. I would appreciate having each of you designate and inform me
of the name of one person in your organization to work with the appro-
priate Assistant Management Officer from this staff in developing the
report.
3. If each of you will let me have your report by '9 August, we
will then add to it information from the Management Staff files and
coordinate the Agency's report with you soon thereafter.
4. Your report should be prepared in three sections:
a. Major management problems which are beyond your authority to
solve.
b. Major areas of potential improvement selected for emphasis ?
in fiscal year 1955-
c. Specific action taken during fiscal year 1954 to solve major
program or operating problems and improve management.
5. With reference to paragraph n.c. above, the following check list,
while in no way intended to be restrictive, is offered to indicate the
type of information desired:
a. Actions taken to conserve material.
b. Improved organizational structure, functions, and procedure.
c. Actions taken to improve manpower utilization.
d. Development and use of work measurement and work load data
and production standards.
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e. Improved scheduling of operations.
Use of statistical sampling methods.
h. Improved progress reporting and reviewing systems for the
appraisal of performance.
i. Actions taken to improve coordination.
j. Improved project control systems.
k. Elimination of duplication of effort.
1. Gains, both inter- and intra-Agency, realized from committee
or board mechanisms.
m. Techniques which improved quality or quantity of production.
n. Policy agreements, which resulted in management improvement.
o. program,-operating, or administrative achievements resulting
in improved management.
6. Your report should be prepared in unsterilized fashion, based
upon the assumption that the A?ency's report to the Pureau of the Pudget
will be sterilized.
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