MEMO FOR(SANITIZED)FROM FISHER HOWE

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TvC. c F ISS1ON ON THE ORGAN17_AT40N OF THE GOVERNMENT
FOR THE CONDI.ICT OF FOREIGN POLICY
2025 M STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
August 7, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Intelligence Community Staff
Central Intelligence Agency
As you requested, I am providing information on our
major research projects in progress, since some investiga-
tors working on these Studies may need to interview
individuals in the Intelligence Community. You understand
that these Studies, and therefore the interviews, are not
related in any way to the Study Plan for the Intelligence
Community about which we are separately in touch.
The projects are outlined in the State Department
memoranda signed by. William Galloway. The names included
in the four memoranda have had a "name check" and have been
granted a temporary SECRET clearance, unless they already
hold a permanent clearance as indicated. The draft
memorandum on the project on The Interaction of the United
States and Foreign Economies will be sent by Galloway as
soon as all. name checks are completed. However, all those
listed, except Edward Hamilton, Edward Skloot and Linda S.
Graebner, have already been cleared.
Finally, a copy of the proposal for Alexander George's
Study on Minimizing "Irrationality" in Foreign Policy-making
is included for your use. As I mentioned to you, Professor
George has a current clearance through SECRET.
Thank you very much for your help.
Fisher Here
Deputy Executive Director
Enclosures
P.S. William Bacchus is overseeing this project and he
or I would want to assist further in any way we
can in absence.
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WASHINGTON
2O:.-1 5
July 17, 1974
MEMORANDUM
To: M/DG - Ambassador Davis
S/P - Mr. Lord
INR - Mr. Hyland
EB Mr. Enders
S/S - Mr. Springsteen
Subject: Study on "The Effectiveness of Organizational
Change" undertaken for the Commission on the
Organization of the Government for the Conduct
of Foreign Policy
Introduction and General Background
The National Academy for. Public Administration, a
non-profit organization of scholars and practitioners,
Roy W. Crawley, Executive Director, is urnuertakiiig a
maior stu.3y under contract from, the Commission on the
Organization of the "Govei;,;~,ent for the Conduct of Foreign
Policy. The study-will examine a number of attempts to
reorganize various parts of the foreign affairs community
in the past two decades, with the goal of better under-
standing the actual effects of such changes and the fac-
tors which account for those effects, anticipated and
unexpected. This knowledge should help make it possible
for the Commission to develop recommendations which are
both informed by past experience and a7iiich can stand the
test of practicality. This study is one of a number being
conducted for the Commission, all of which= will be used
as background for its report.
Timing 'and Format:
This topic will be pursued through a number of case
studies, under the general direction of a panel of ex-
perts which includes Adnh. Edmund Gullion, Harold Seid.-zan,
Frederick C. Mosher, Warren Bennis, James W. Fesler,
Wayne K. Thompson, and I. M. Destler. The cases and the
investigators selected to date are:
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Manlio ne Angelis, "The .Transition from ICA
Lo All)"
Leland Parrows, "The Peterson/Ha-inch AID
Reform Proposals"
Chester A. Crocker, "Changes in the N.S.C.
System - 1961 and 1969"
William T. McDonald, "The Wristoniza ior_ Program"
William T. McDonald, "The Herter Committee Report
and its Consequences"
Erasmus K1o;nan, "The .Evolving Role of the U.S.
A m:bassador"
Dominick Del Guidice, "The Creation of the Council
on Foreign Economic Policy
(C.I.E.P. )"
Michael Harmon, "The Creation of the c_--ms Contiul
and Disarmament Agency (A.C.D.A.)"
Melbourne Specter, "Policy Planning - Improvement
Attempts"
A number of these projects will require consultation
with officers of the Department who will be contacted
between now and mid-September. It is anticipated that
it will be possible for the investigators to obtain all
the information they require on an unclassified basis,
and the Commission intends that the report they prepare
will be unclassified.
Contacts
The panel secretary and National Academy coordinator
for the project is Melbourne Spector, telephone [phone].
The Executive Director, Rov Crawley, may be reached at the
same number. The Com-mission's project officer for the
study is Dr. illiam I. Bacchus, telephone [phone].
liam J_ Galloway
1:xecut ive Ass i sta:nt
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FOR M.ANAG`ME:NT
WASHINGTON .
July 18, 1974
MEMORANDUM
To:
NEA
INR
S/P
S/S
- Mr.
- Mr.
-.Mr.
- Mr.
Atherton
Hyland
Lord
Springsteen
Subject: Study on "The Coordination of Complexity in
South Asia," undertaken for the Commission
on the organization of the Government for
the Conduct of Foreign Policy
Introduction and General Descr:iz)tion
The Commission on the Organization of the Government
for the Conduct of Foreign Pol:_cy has contracted with
Professors I.-loyd T. and Susanne Hoebcr of the
University of Chicago, to lead a major study on the con-
duct of U.S. policy toward the Indian subcontinent from
1965 to the present. The emphasis will be on the capacity
of the U.S. to maintain coordination among a large =Lber
of policies which impinge upon a single region. South
Asia has been selected both because of the rich variety
of issues which have arisen in the period under study,
and the substantial presence of a number of U.S..agencies
and activities there. The goal of the study is to pro-
duce answers to the question, "How adequate are current
U.S. governmental organizational forms to insure adequate
coordination in complex settings, i.e., in those in ihich
many activities of high importance are conducted simul-
taneously?" Ultimately, the results of this research
project: will be used, along with those of a number of
other studies, to provide background for the Commission's
recommendations.
Timing and Format
The topic will be pursued %through a number of indi-
vidual case studies conducted by associates of the Rudolphs
(see attached list for names and topics), and many officers
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in the Depar-r:meat who have responsibilities which include
South Asia w. 1.1 be contaci,~-d by one or more of these re-
--carcners hi $?.?leen now and the end o` September.
hi Office of Security has granted name check clear-
ances to these researchers on a "need to know" basis for
access to Classified material and inr"ormation up through
the category of S1CR7-T. These clearances have been given
on the explicit understanding between the Co,l-nission and
the Depar_ tment that the use of such information will rot
include the citation of m=aterials or individuals. The
researchers under-stan_d that they are to read classified
materials in the Department and not ask to take them
away.
Professor Glynn Wood of. the Graduate School of Public
Administration, American University, telephone [phone],
will bn actinc as 1.oc:1_ coordinator for the project, and
will make every offor:. to'provide necessary additional
information and to red_,ce the inconvenience to those indi-
viduals the researchers desire to interview.
The Commission's project officer for this study is
Dr. William I. Bacchus, Associate research Director. tele-
phone [phone].
William J. Galloway
Executive Assistant
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Topics and Persons
Di lomatic and Strate -ic
Philip Oldenburg, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, University of Illinois (Urbana), "The
Break-Up of Pakistan and Recognition of Bangladesh."
Roger Sack, Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, University of Chicago, "U.S. Military
Assistance and the Ayub Regime."
Gerald Heeger, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, University of Virginia, "U.S. Policy
Toward the Bhutto Regime."
Stephen P. Cohen, Associate Professor of Political
Science,?University of Illinois (Urbana), "Strategic
and Military Dimensions of U.S. Relations with Asia."
Economic
Haripder Shourie, M.A. student, Co,,ll-Lton interna-
tional. Relations, University of Chicago, "The
States, the World Bank and South Asia."
Anthony Moulton, Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, University of Chicago, "The United States,
IDA and South Asia."
Susan G. Hadden, Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, "Assessment
of a Bi-Lateral Economic Policy; AID's Program in Sup-
port of the Rural Electrification Corporation.`"
Stanley Kochanek, Professor of Political Science, Penn-
sylvania State University, "U.S. Commercial Policy
Toward South Asia."
James Bjorkman, Research Staff Scientist, Health Policy
Project and Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, Yale University, "PL 430 Program AID in U.S.-
South Asian Relations."
Cultural and Humanitarian
Charles Lenth, Ph.D. student, Department of Political
Science, University of Chicago, "The Peace Corps in
U.S.-South-Asian Relations."
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WASHINGTON
PO11'.
July 22,. 1974
MEMORANDUM
To: T - Mr. Maw
C -- Mr. Sonnenfeldt
S/P - Mr. Lord
INR -.Mr. Hyland
S/AJ - Ambassador Johnson
PM - Mr. Vest
S/S - Mr. Springsteen
Subject: Study on "The Adequacy of Current Organization
for Security Policy (Defense and Arms Control)"
for The Commission on the Organization of the
Government for the Conduct of Forei n Policy
Introduction and General Background
Under cc:~trac; from the ?Coi mtiission on the Or i ; - r
of the Government.for the. Conduct of Foreign Policy,2~zat~.,.i
Professor Graham T. Allison, of Harvard University, is
leading a major study on the adequacy of current organi-
zation for the conduct of policy in the Defense acid 'Arms
Control Area. He will be assisted by a number of other
scholars, listed below. The objectives of the project
also include assessing performance, and developing spe-
cific changes in the current organizational arrangements
that would provide a more effec:tive..system for the formu-
lation and implementation of foreign policy with respect
.to defense aildarms control matters. The zesults of this
study, together with a number of others also being under-
taken for the Commission, will be used to provide back-
ground for the Commission's recommendations.
Timing and Format
This topic will be pursued through a number of indi-
vidual case studies of specific decisions and projects,-
conducted by associates of Professor Allison. While a
complete list of individuals and topics has not been set,
it will include the following, with additional researchers
and topics to be added later:
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A. "The if -:
g se Bi.cget_,r_" Professor John
others possibly to be added.
heapo'zs Acquisition.
"The Size and mix of Li. S. Strategic Forces
i.t4 the 1960's.11 Professor nl lisoa (has
full clearance from DOD to TS), and Frederic
A. Morris.
"~'IRV," Allison, and possibly one other
to be added.
Morris, and possibly one other.
4- "Trident." John Steinbruner (has full
clearance from DOD to TS).
Note: Cases in this category seem least likely
to require Srate Department consultation,
but some may be desirable. One or two
:additional cases may also be added.
C. Formulating Stratc g ic Doctrine: "Nuclear Op-
tions." Professor Henry S. Bowen, Stanford
Business School (has full clearance from DOD
through TS).
D. Managing Alliances
1. "Tr_ooos and Costs: Offset Agreements, 1966,
1967, 1969." Gregory F. Treverton.
2. "The Production of Weapons Jointly (Sk bolt
Richard Neustadt (has full clearance through
1'S
11 from DOD), jay' Philip Urtritz.
3. "The Production of Weapons Jointly (,'L%ZF)
Neustadt and Steinbruner.
4. "Base Agreements: Okinawa, 1967, 1969.
Investigator to be added.
5. "Sty.c uri ty Assistance (Aid and Sales) : Taiwan. "
j=gin=jr D. Miller
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6. "Commitments and Expectations." Thailand
1961, 1970." Earnest May (has full clear-
ance from DOD through TS).
E. "Establishing Arms Control Positions: SALT."
1. "SALT: 1968, 1969-72, 1972-74." Burton E.
Rosenthal.
2. "CBWT: 1967, 1.9G!)." Investigator to be
added.
F. Others.
1. "Reorganizing Decision Making: Strengthen-
ing Unified Commands." Investigator to be
added.
2. Several other cases to be added later.
While this project will focus most intensively on
units of the government other. than the Department of
State, it is ;evcrtheless likely that a number of the
investigators will desire to conduct interviews with
officers of the Department. A name check has been com-
pleted by the office of Security for researchers listed
on the basis of which they may consult documents within
the State Department and discuss matters through SECRET,
on a not for. attribution or citation basis. Certain re-
searchers already possessing full clearances through TOP
SECRET are so indicated.
Contacts
General information on the project and the Commission,
can be obtained from Peter L. Szanton, Research Director,
or William I. Bacchus, Associate Research Director, both
at 254-9850. John Treat of the Commission Staff is acting
as local coordinator for the research project and will-be
largely responsible for making necessary arrangements.
He can also be reached at 254-9850.
William J. Galloway
_ ExEecutive Assistant
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DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON
July 25, 1974
To: ARA-LA - Mr. Kubisch
S/P - Per. Lord
INR - Mr. Hyland
EB - Mr. Enders
S/FF?i-COA
S/S -- Mr. Springsteen
Subject: Study for the Commission on the Organization
of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign
Policy on "The Making of U.S. Policies Toward
Latin America: The Variables Affecting "Routine'
Relations"
Introduction and General Background
Dr. Abraham F. Lowenthal, of the Center for
International Studies of Princeton University and the
Council on Foreign Relations, is undertaking, in asso-
ciation with several colleagues, a major study for the
Commission on the Organization of the Government for the
Conduct of Foreign Policy. This study, which employs
Latin America as a geographic focus, is intended to
assess the relevance and utility of those "routine"
activities which form the bulk of U.S. relations with
most countries and of the means by which they are con-
ducted. The results of this study, together with those
of a number of others also being undertaken for the Com-
mission, will be used to provide background for the Com-
mission's recommendations.
Timing -Ind Format
This topic will be pursued through a number of indi-
vidual case studies of specific decisions and projects,
conducted by associates of Dr. Lowenthal. The individuals
and their projects include the follo:?wing, with the possi-
bility that one or two additional case studies will be
added at a later date:
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Dr. Edward Gonzalez, UCLA, "The 200-Nile Fishing Rights
,"on -rove rsy.
Mr. Gregory F. Treverton, Harvard, "The International
Po troleum Company
(IPC) Case."
Mr. Harry Weiner, Harvard, "The Role of Non-Governmental
.fn_erest Groups in U.S. Policy
toward Latin America: Brazil's
'_fth Institutional Act'."
Mr. Harry Weiner, Harvard, "Personnel Skills and Require-
:,(.nts in the Middle-Range
u r. eaucracy . "
Mr. Robert Pastor, Harvard University, "Sugar Politics:
Domestic Causes
and International
Consequences."
It is likely that all of these researchers will desire to
consult with officers in the Department who are knowledge-
able about one or more of the topics in question, at some
time between now and November. The Office of Security has
granted name check clearances to these researchers on a
"need to know" basis for access to classified material and
information up through the category of SECRET. These clear-
ances have been given on the explicit understanding between
the Commission and the Department that the use of such in-
formation will not include the citation of materials or
individuals. The researchers understand that they Bare to
read classified materials in the Department and not ask to
take them away.
Contacts
Gtr--al information on the project and the Commission
can be o:_--L:ainec: iron:, Peter L. Szanton, Research Director,
or William I. Bacchus, Associate Research Director, both at
254-9850. :?:r. Robert Pastor, one of the researchers on the
,ro;ect, is acting as local coordinator for the study, and
trill be largely responsible for making necessary arrange-
zhients. He can also be reached at 254-9850.
William J. Gallcway~
Executive Assistant
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MEMORANDUM
TO
FROM
SUBJECT: Study on "The Adequacy of Current Organization:
Interaction of U.S. and Foreign Economies,"
undertaken for the Commission on the-Organization
of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy
Introduction and General Description
The Commission on the Organization of the Government
for the Conduct of Foreign Policyhap contracted with
Mr..Edward K. Hamilton, President, Griffenhagen-Kroeger, Inc.,
public management Consultants, to lead a-major study on the
auequacy of current organization for th
e conduct of policy
in the Economic a ,a. P?Ti'. Hamillton will be assisted by
number of consultants, all employees of Griffenhagen-Kroeger,
as listed below. The objectives of the project also include
assessing performance, and developing specific changes in
the current organizational arrangements that would provide
a more effective system for the formulation and implementation
of foreign policy with respect to economic matters. The
results of this study, together with a number of others also
being undertaken for the Commission,, will be used to provide
background for the Commission's recommendations.
Timing and Format
This topic will be pursued through a number of individual
case studies of specific decisions and projects, conducted by
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and researchers is as 4,011011s:
1. The decision to terminate AID development lending
India (1971),Joan Hochman.
2. The suspension of AID's "additionality" rule
(1969), William Seelbach.
3. The dollar devaluations of 1971 and 1973,
Elizabeth Stabler.
4. One decision dealing with the effort to enter
into trade with the Soviet Union, possibly the
1967 proposal for an East-West trade bill,
Edward Skloot.
5. The imposition of import quotas on Canadian oil,
.(1970), Katheryn Voight.
6. The suspension of all import quotas on oil (1973),
Katheryn Voight and Linda S. Graebner.
7. Two key decisions dealing with international
monetary reform: (a) the decision to favor the
creation of a man-made reserve assist (1965);
and (b) the announcement of post SDR-U.S. objectives
(1972).
8. The development of the U.S. position during the
textile dispute with japan (1970-'71), Peter
Henschel.
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9. The evolving role of the President's Special
Trade Representative. Anne Rightor-Thornton.
10. Two domestic tax decisions with substantial
implications for foreign economic policy;
(a) President Johnson's decision not to propose
a tax increase in 1966; and
(b} President Nixon's decision to announce
"new economic policy" in 1971.
While this project will focus most intensively on
units of the government other than the Department of State,
it is nevertheless likely that a number of investigators
will desire to conduct interviews with officers of the
Department. A name check has been completed by the Office
of Secretary for the researchers listed, on the basis of
which they may consult documents within the State Depart-
ment and discuss matters through SECRET, on a not'for
attribution or citation basis.
Contacts:
General information on 'ehe project and the Commission
can be obtained from-Peter L. Szanton, Research Director,
or William I. Bacchus, Associate Research Director, both
at 254-9850. Elizabeth Stabler of this project's staff,
is acting as. local coordinator for the research project
and can be reached at 232-3236.
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Title of Proposed Study: P inirnizinq "Irrational_itvrr
in Foreign i~olicy-mai;i rr
Introduction
Alexander L. George proposes to undertake for the
Commission on the Organization of the Government for the
Conduct of Foreign Policy a.study on minimizing "irrationality"
in foreign policy making.
I. Object i.ves
The proposed study will follow closely the general
purpose and scope of Study II.C, 'li?jinimizing Irrationality,"
which was briefly described on pane 1.3 of "The Commission's
Studies Program (3/21/74). To this End four interrelated
objectives are set forth for the proposed study, as follows:
A: Identify and Differentiate Sources of "Irrationalit~,~ri
' rrationa?I ir.:yr" -i s .. ~ .:term l ccsely' akpl:i.od to a variety
of quit- ?ifferent behavioral phenomena. The proposed study
will avoid a narrow psychiatric approach to this problem.
Instead, it will draw more broadly upon relevant work in
political, behavioral, and psychological sciences in order
to identify the variety of situational factors and behavioral
patterns that can interfere with optimal procedures of
search, evaluation, and choice in policy-making.
Impediments to "nationality" in policy-making can emerge
(a) from certain dynamics of individual behavior; (b) from
dynamics of small group behavior that affect the performance
of"policy-making tasks by advisers and staff personnel; and
(c) from organJzational and bureaucratic behavior in complex
organizations such as the Executive Branch. Impediments to
rationality often arise from these three sources during the
course of efforts to cope with stressful experiences encoun-
tered in decision -making and policy implementation.
The study will draw toreth=er in a detailed, systematic
way available knowledge regarding the variety of maladaptive
ways with which individuals, small
groups, and organizations
often attempt to cope with different kinds of stress. The
following sources o maladapt~v? ad ustm nts to stress will
xamined .
be examined-.-
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(1) I?falada ) .iv,-- rC;r)onses co "cognitive stress" and
"vi,l,ae str??ss'l by the :ft e) lectual Jiff i -
C illy of ci,-~i11 in,; with the t.'?1_i-kn 1'ainits on the,
f -' )al:i ty to ev.1.1.uu-te the exnecteci consequence's of
p ,ljcy alternai:J.Ve s in order to decide which course
of [ic c1on 1.s "nest:";
(2) I'idladaptive ways of coping with stress generated
in internatiorjal crises and when making fundamental
foreictn policy choices in non-crisis situations by
the perception of major threats to important national
(and personal ) values;
(3) I'aladaptive ad-i ustmants to stress generated by organi-
z. t.ional and role con licts experienced by individuals
occupying key points in the policy-mwring system;
(4) faladaptive ways of coping with the psychological
and physiological effects of fatiq-ue;
(5) Maladaptive responses to "secrecy" on the part of
those who do and do not have access to highly classi-
fied information (including the related o,lestiol of
ties uti~'~iSE? ] ei^. -n i UD1.11erential aocnss ' p nn
the working n, n those participating in
the policy-making system)-
B. Impact on Polic,.l-rna'.kina Tasks
While knowledge of the sources of possible impediments to
rational policv-makin g is of some value, it cannot easily be
utilized to prevent the occurrence of potentially disruptive
individual, =small aroua, or organizational dyna tics . Rather, the
emphasis must be on neutral_ izincr, or compensating for, the adverse
impact various sources of "irrationality" can have upon policy-
making. Accordingly, the proposed study will attempt to indicate
in some detail how different kinds or impediments to "rationality"
manifest themselves at teat :points in the search for effective
policies and their im5lernentazion.
The study will dr'ciw together available knowledge of this kind
with the expectation (1) that it will serve to sens:!.tize{ parti-
r_ipzn'ts in ooL:.cy-ma'k:_ocz to the nrobler:1, thereby improving their
ability to recorrnize in a timely fashion the intrusion of disrup-
tive factors on oolicv-makina tasks. and (2) that it Will help
those who specialize in developing and managing policy-rr:aking
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systems to devise strategies for tixrely and appropriate
"interventions" to prevent such factors from having a damaging
effect on the search for effective policies and decisions.
C. lmpiications for `nitoring and rlanaginq the Policy
making Process
Having identified the types of "malfunctions" apolicy-r ?zirg
system can suffer via intrusion of different kinds of "irrationalities"
the study will indicate ways in v'hich the tendencies toward such
intrusions might be count-ered. Such recoi mendations will a-r hhasize
moans of monitoring the policy-r.,n :ing process in order to obtain
timely identification of emergent malfunctions and to candor .:tie
appropriate corrective or countervailing actions. These critical
role tasks must be infused into the definition of roles to by per-
formed by certain participants in the policy -i-raking system.
Thus the study will focus most closely on minimization of
"irrationality" throuJh CIOSC monitoring and effective n ane'cment
of the day-today t?;orkings of the policy-making syste,-a. This is in
sharp contrast to the traditional practice of relying upon :OM_ iodical
structural reorganization of the policy-making system whenever
sufficient dissatisfaction with its performance has accL ulate:I.
T:i`C ,. i.ecorm-iiicadation o'. certain 5inuctural cha.rues is not precluded,
however.
D. Variation in Executive Operating Styles
The study will take' in.Lo account that each executive is likely
to have a somewhat different notion as to the kind of policy-making
system and procedures he wishes to create around himself, feels
comfortable with, and can utilize. This' observation has becc ;.e
part of the conventional wisdom in recent years, hut its full in;
plica.tions for the design and management of policy- atzing systems
remains to be determined. This objective is of importance not.
only for Study II.C but possibly in other studies undertaken by
the Corrnission as well.
It is questionable wisdom to try (as specialists in orcani-
zation and public administration have advocated in the past) to
impose a single standardized model of policy-making on each e:?:ecu-
tive. The proposed study, it will be noted, is entirely consistent
in this respect with the observation on page 4 of the Ccnzaiussion` s
Studies Program to the effect that organizations "should be
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signed to fit the operating styles of their key individuals, and
not vice versa."
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Ti^cordin-;ly, tl-! s{:.s-,l rill move in the direction
of developin,i SO:C.?what c' iff t-rent models of policy -;:;ak ng that
ar.!: anpropri.ite to the distinctive manager-.ent "styles" of
different ex+3cutive:;.
II. i;ethodo Apnroach
A large body of relevant empirical and theoretical work in
political, behavioral, and ins, yc}l_,logical sciences will be
screened and eval11a1'e.-?i fr` ! the S, ,Fndpoirit of the objectives
Of the study. Several detailed ae_?rais al.s of this kind have
been made -in recent yea"s by the principal investigator and
other schnlars. The Dro osFd st:u y will draw upon them and
supplement with additional library re.,--",ch and consultaticn
c'.'ith snecialists in chose .':2vera ' f ae)ri' in order to exDooite
the search for relev,