THE GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE SEMINAR --COMMENTS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05703A000200070019-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: September 16, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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1 6 SEP 1970
Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence
The Gmer nt 1=cutive and ` nag cnt Science
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1. I find this experience -- it eras not a "seminar" -- of sane
interest and suggestive of sow applicatio s. There are and will be
places and tires when the techniques described could he useful to the
Center and the Directorate.
2. I do not anticipate that such techniques will be applied
appropriately and personally by Agency managers uiv only have the
benefit of a tae- k trn5ning class in these techniques -- I doubt
that three or four weeks would be sufficient for tat purpose.
3. If are to gain productive applications of these decision-
assisting techniques, should have available in the Agency full-tip
experts in their use -- experts who could be called in by a arena r
to assist him and his component. The experts should be full-tire
Agency employees -
4. 1 shall consider the pros a cons of training a Center
be-
officer, or tom, to the point at which they old be ex? ert.
1 had a central
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that it would be more effective if the Agew
service for the lose.
S. The particular session which I attended was too loosely
organized and lacked a focus on our vim points. More care and time
should have been taken in preparing the student -- before and during
the week -- for what he was to receive and gain. I point this con-ent
at the 0/DDI, as well as at 0Th, OCS, and
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1. This exper
not a -seminar,-- so please stop callli n
I wish that On- would ire ire carefully focussed intro-
:erionces, stating clearly the purpose, the obj
any pertinent ha und. E'er officers freqmltly se'e
to apologetic and vague about why s c, experiences are being
offered to the particular p ra; ons psent. If VT has chosen to sp o
sor stet training I std think that old clear a! vt u~hy and
e -- and could convey sam with confider ce.
In this particular case the exp*riece which was
hastily oars a zed, and to lack relevanco to t:,*
1 i s of stunts present. The quality of the iastructor
4. I--re-course reading would have helped to % awe
lent, but unVided.
of it, and the lad< of a fir see! intro c
first day or to a reaction similar to that of a
cold water.
5. The exp is -- if it is repeated for others -- must
1ersta da le in its content to t 1m viewpoints
6. -men if timse things are done, I judge that the e. ri
only have ai agful value as a fa*iliari Lion experience. I:
should only continued if t agency is ir_g to ' C lete the
y wing available in-house resources and expertise for o ?lottina
applying such decision -assisting teckigs.
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