WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT NO. 31 4 - 8 OCTOBER 1965

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CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9
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October 8, 1965
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k - 1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 s 14W - 5010-107 it .y y ~ a Memorandum CONFIDENTIAL TO : Director of Training FROM : Registrar, TR SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 31 4 - 8 October 1965 DATE: 8 October 1965 I. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS None II. OTHERS A. This has been a week of meetings on Manage- ment Science Training. of the Office of Computer Services concern- ing their requirements for external training. Their requirements for special IBM Training far exceeds IBM's capability to meet this need. Similiar re- quirements exist in other areas of the Agency and so it was agreed that we would determine the extent of the requirement throughout the Agency and then talk with the IBM representative on how best to meet this requirement. Hopefully, IBM will provide us with quotas sufficient to meet our immediate needs, or if this is, not possible, to run a program specially for us. The equipment is being installed and people must be prepared to cope with it. We expect to have Agency estimated requirements for this special pro- gram by Monday. ADP training. In general they agree that we need an internal training program with emphasis on training the Program to discuss Systems Analysis and On 6 October I met with Messrs. 0 of DDP/ 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 31 (cont) consumer (Management) and using external facilities for training the practitioner in Systems Analysis or ADP. This generally agrees with the ideas of "Joe Becker and Company" except in the matter of depth and degree. They, too, have the same problem of a shortage of spaces in the IBM courses and their requirements will be included in the discussion with IBM mentioned above. is going to give 25X1 us a paper stating his views on ADP and Systems T raining. 3. On 7 October I met and talked with Bob Special Assistant/DDS. Bob agrees with the need for certain internal training (orientation and familiarization) at three management levels (senior, mid, and line supervisors) with technical training to be done by external facilities. He feels strongly that management must be educated to the concepts and philosophy of automation, et al, with an understand- ing of the machine's potential, of certain technical aspects such as programming and Systems Analysis and design among others. Bob, along with the others I have mentioned, believes it vital that management know precisely what we are doing in CIA, how we are handling our programs internally, and what we are aiming for. 4. Following my meeting with I met and talked with Systems Analysis Staff, OCR (CHIVE). in the Management Sciences. A great deal of interest has already been shown in this volume and I believe we can develop this into an excellent device in support of training in the Management Sciences. Their interest appeared to be more in the field of external training and the various educational oppor- tunities available. They do, however, subscribe to the desirability for internal "consumer" education. They were especially interested in the Management Sciences notebook which had pulled together. This is a compilation of all the material we have available on external training opportunities 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 31 (cont) B. were briefed on the organization of the Office of Training. C. Senior Training Officers were reminded by me of the deadline for nominations for the National Interdepart- mental Seminar. We presently have two nominations from the DDS and one from the DDP. D. was thoroughly briefed on 7 October on the status and developments of the DIA Project HELPFUL. E. It was reported to us that several students who enrolled in the ADP course conducted in the Off-Campus Program are withdrawing because it is too difficult for them. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 5010-104 W UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum Chief,Registrar Staff/ TR DATE: 8 October 1965 FROM : Chief, AIB/RS/TR SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 31 4 - 8 October 1965 I. SIGNIFICANT ITEMS None II. OTHERS A. The Intelligence Review Course, which is scheduled to begin 28 October, has only eleven registered. The enrollment will no doubt go up since was ex- 25X1 pected to take a hand in enlistments after the OTR Special Bul- letin of announcement of the course was distributed in the Agency. Distribution was Tuesday, 5 October. B. Because of the cancellation of the September CI Fam course, the 15 November course already has a registra- tion of 22. We plan to delay any screening of eligible candidates until further word from C/HT/ OS, as to the 25X1 maximum total that can be accommodated in the course. C. We now have official word from C/IS/OTR that the Conference Techniques Course of 25 October - 1 Decem- ber will be converted to an Effective Speaking Course to be given for and at NPIC b The January Effective 25X1 Speaking is to become a Conference Techniques. Of the 4 reg- istered for 25 October, 3 want to be re-scheduled for January. D. As a result of the combination of the Communist Party Organization and Operations Course and the Anti-Communist Operations Course, not all of the 9 scheduled for CPO&O (scheduled to begin 11 October; now canceled) can be accommodated by the new combination. We have only four who are certain. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 1 SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report No. 31 (cont) F. The Senior Management Seminar scheduled to begin next Sunday, 17 October has what is expected to be the final quota enrollment of 2-O/DCI, 10-DDI, 10-DDP, 10-DDS, and 5-DDS&T. G. Additional information on training for business- men was prepared for of DO Division. The informa- 25X1 tion included executive development programs at Syracuse, Columbia, Pittsburgh, Penn State, and Cornell. I. Three new books on programed learning are now on our Instructor's Reading Shelf. They are PROGRAMED LEARNING: A CRITICAL EVALUATION edited by John L. Hughes; PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION: A MANUAL OF PROGRAMING TECHNIQUES A Self-instructional Program by Dale M. Brethower; PROGRAMMED (sic) LEARNING IN PERSPECTIVE, A GUIDE TO PROGRAM WRITING by Thomas, Openshaw, Davies, and Bird. PPS, has been informed of the acquisitions. Attachment: Weekly Attendance Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/06: CIA-RDP78-06096A000200040025-9