COURSE REPORT FOR ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE REVIEW: TRENDS AND HIGHLIGHTS #56 (4-76), 13-16 APRIL 1976

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Training
SUBJECT Course Report for Administration Directorate
Review: Trends and Highlights #56
(4-76), 13-16 April 1976
1.
The four-day Administration Directorate Review:
Tren
ghliahts concluded on Friday, 16 April 1976.
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the course in FY 76 and the 56th overall. The
content
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the course was similar to previous runnings with
each of
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major components in the Administration Directorate
represented.
a. Student Participation: All the course sessions
had students asking questions. The session with the
lowest level of questioning was the final course session
on the "Overview of Administration Directorate." The
lack of questioning of can be attributed to
the thorough coverage that all office representatives
had provided on the activities and trends in their
respective offices, and the active participation by the
students in the previous question-and-answer periods.
There were no major deviations in student participation
from established patterns.
b. Student Concerns: The question "Why can't I
see my polygraph file?" was discussed during the session
on FOIA and the Privacy Act, at the evening session
with the Director of Security, and during the session
on polygraph operations. All three speakers answered
the question equally well, and resolved any doubts or
concerns about the polygraph that the students may have
had. Students were also concerned about personnel
evaluations, promotions, LOIs, and the use, policy, and
distribution of vacancy notices within offices and
the Agency.
c. Course Objectives: The class members were
provided with a course evaluation which included a
numerical scale to determine how well in the student's
estimation the course met its objective. On a scale of
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one to seven (seven being the highest) the average for
the class was six, with none lower than five. Student
evaluations gave the lowest ratings to the presentations
on OMS, ADMAG, and EEO.
d. Observations: As in previous runnings, the
question of evening sessions arose. Some of the students
felt that the evening sessions made the day too long,
and that the students were not as alert and inquisitive
as they were during the day sessions. Several students
recommended that the course be extended to 5 days and
leave the evenings free. Students also commented that
the talk by the DDA or A/DDA should be at the beginning
of the course rather than at the end. This would
provide the DDA with the opportunity to express what he
believes are the major problems, highlights, and trends
in the Directorate. The individual office representa-
tives would then fill in the details on their particular
operations. I believe that opening the course with an
overview of the Administration Directorate by the DDA
may be beneficial, and I recommend that it be tried.
e. Results of Changes: For the first time, a
separate session was included on "The Status of Women
in the Agency" by Deputy Director
of EEO, and Federa omen s program oordinator. The
session was well received. Many of the male students
who were apprehensive about this subject were compli-
mentary of low-key but effective pre-
sentation. The session was better received than the
session on "Equal Employment Opportunity in CIA" pre-
sented by who substituted at the last
moment for the Director of EEO.
A session on "MBO in the Administration Directorate"
presented by was new in this running. The
student evaluations showed a favorable response and
interest in the subject. It was surprising to ,learn
how many of the students did not know about MBO.
Also, for the first time in the Trends and Highlights
Course, a tour was arranged
Participation in the tour was voluntary and was sche-
duled after the evening session on Thursday. Approxi-
mately one-half of the class went on the tour, returning
at 0015, Friday. All agreed that the
visit was very worthwhile. There is less-
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f. Problems: Other than the usual problems
associated with he poor physical layout and facilities
of the classroom for a large class, the only problem
was the session on the Administration Directorate
Management Advisory Group, (ADMAG). The class was
about equally divided on the value of having such a
session. However, all agreed that the speakers should
be better prepared and their presentations could be
greatly improved. Many students obtained the impres-
sion that the MAG was not really doing anything worth-
while, was not having any impact with the DDA, and that
the MAG representatives were really hurting for items
to pass on to the DDA and the DCI. Also, many of the
topics were covered by the various speakers during the
course and the ADMAG representatives' ideas or suggestions
were "old hat."
g. Contemplated Changes: The only change being
considered for the next running of Trends and Highlights
is to open the course with the "Overview of Administration
Directorate" by the DDA or A/DDA, and to conclude the
course with a question-and-answer period with either
to clear up discrepancies,
omissions, or questions pertaining to the Directorate
that develop during the course.
h. Data: Class enrollment was 45, including 20
women and three DDS&T careerists. All offices of the
Administration Directorate were represented along with
the IPS and the ISAS. The class ranged in age from 21
to 55; the grades from GS-04 to GS-14; length of Agency
service from 6 months to 26 years.
Attachments:
1 - Student Roster
2 Course Schedule
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