IB CAREER SERVICE PRACTICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05927A000100040066-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2005
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: October 4, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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[JM Ftt: Ltirector of Personnel
C"t IH Career Service Practices
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~oa~r I~ddmorsnslum of 24 September 19?J,
~hbj~cta ~teview of the Career ~ervlcea
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1. Aa +~ Attica b:rector scarf as head of a career service, X am
~laaa+acl with the c~ppartunity to exgre~s rxaysei!` can the sub,~ect matter
r~adrar cctn,~l~eratlar~'by a Pex~sormel Approaches study ~ruup. Ycwr
sasrnr~ra~ur~ of ~4 9epte~ts~ber 1~'t3 indicates that the decision has been
ode ~~ chafe the career service system, asd that a study group under
r chairman:~+ip is cliargad with cx~aking specific recommendations to
lhat ~a~. a~ h+~petul that the char~gee~ you recommend will reflect
~d+sret~~ +~ the etren~t~s a-? rve~il ss of the weaknesses c,f the vari-
c~xe~x #t~rvieea.
'~ Ili ~s~reer service is Nall and coherent. ~ousiderin~
disr~$tre,t~E~~es, of physical ss~aratlon of the various divisions, there
i~r a ~r+eet ~fea,l of effective communica~ir~n, both horis?ntatiy and verti-
rr~ilir. '~''itla the abolishment of the NIS grogram, the ~$ t/areer fiervice
Bassists alm~Qat entirety of proEes~i?+aals from the disciplines of geogra-
phy aid ~rapbic arts. Thep tl#i~nk of themselves as intellge~ace afficers
bx~a~ing their awn speciali~aed knowleclger and know-how to fc,cue oa
iatetligence preahems and .activities.
~. '~h#t~v+~r ~ltar~es ycwr ~'ersoeuaet Approaches ~?Eud~ +Graup
decides to reccrmmeQd; to the ~tA ~daasgerr~ent Committee, I urge that
try be sa devised as to avoids
a~ uez~,i~q t~.rther the authority, credibility, and
latitude tram ia'ltlatlve of the line `manager;
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b. intie~rjecti,n~ additional or,~at~iaational ritual and paper
i~seaes o t~rtiat sl~cw,d be first a grofo~eic~s~i and scca~u3iy
a hurn.~~s relationship between suparvisors and empioyeee;
c~ crpatl~ a c~are~rr service cr1' such sire aad diversity
mat it caa 3~s xna.a~a~+ad Daly oo gaper, or by computer;
bt~ildit~~ late the ma~a~ement ~ituatiaa the deadly
dines of overmtaadardlaatlQn and overcentraliaation.
~. ~e followiu,~ ~camments are is dire+rt rest-ot~se t4 your
~u+~stiorir~.
P~~Q~f~~ ,A~'PRCl-,ACk~ES STUDS taUP
~~~5~ Sl3YIC~ f~UESTIaNI'~AIRT
~-ve you formali~aed the gereonnel xnana~ement objectives of your
sca, what are those ab,~ectives 7
The abjerctives coataieed in relevaat ,A~ency and
to re~al~ttons and notices provide snfftcieat
a~ation. I do e~phaiize to tine supervisors that
~u-st carry out their training, career plannir~,~,
pe~to~rtx~ce caun~~ling, aed sirx~ilar persnnnecl nsana,ge-
~ent tasks ~ teams of the specii'ic individuals and their
tirenmstances as the one hand and C?f?ice n8eds and
rr-+~ourc~s on th+e ether.
Tlae I~3 career ~ezvice ot~ectives are to groduce oot-
+rts~tiia,~ inteiligance prgducts esad support with n~ucimuran
~-fftcl~ar-cy and titneiines? while empioyi~ag the minimum
:a~-er of Fea~tle, ail cf w~c~nx ara e~p~eriencin~,g a high
l+~tve~l of prof+ssstonal satisfscti+~n, We've not yet achieved
tease objective:.
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~. ~+~ you ree~der sa ,!r-anu~ai IiLeps~rt, as Head of your Career Service, to
~~tr deputy l~ire:ctor 7 (Answer where appropriate j
Aot, 'hat systeetx, for re;portin~ has been estabitshed?
-. A detailead aesassaaent of Ufffce prs~~reaa or shortfatis
~t~illin~ Yearly p+ersoaael rx~aaa~e