LETTER TO MR. EDWARD A. SCHROER, DIRECTOR FROM HARRY B. FISHER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00308A000100030009-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 3, 1972
• Content Type: LETTER

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Edward A. Schroer, Director
Division of :executive Manpower
Piannni:ac5 and Development
%Sure _u of 1: ecutivu Manpower
U. S. Civil Service Con-=Lission
1900 E Street N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20415
11 Sot
Dear Mr. Schroer:
In my letter to you dai'.c:d 23 April 1972., 1 hiahlighied a
number c~,. Views, purposes - .nd approa -:hes guiding this Agency
in the establishment of ar. e-_ecs7tive development program
con- with the ~..tuldelLnes _ r Development in the
Federal Service.
A_a` noted in Apri;, the Agencirt6 principal system for
accompli:,t~.i~-xg the idejtlfication and !personal development of
oxecutives and prC.-e s ?:cutives its T)
=s .... new Personnel Movement
and Management Ph ogr,a.'n (;MI_P). Toward the end of each
.fiscal year the Director cf Central Ir..telligence* meets with his
senior Deputies over a weekend to :-evie :x; major Agency Pra
At the last such meeting ..,. programs.
the main features of P.NMMP were dis-
cussed and endorsed. The Executive Director-Com.troller of
the Agency, our princip n~
a3 asaist;~;._ reaponsible
for -D, has now
approved the detailed P ,IMP and for narde'l it to the members
of the for review. c~lla~ ink final discussion of "_ OVIP
at the next scheduled .:needs,; of the ~;11.iR13, we expect inipler-
xneneation to begins- Cuthough we believe these a.ccoxnplish:?r_ent.,
noteworthy, we are obviously ,3hy in some of the areas of
progress expected by 30 September. .,
?~ tr ~ are,. ther~'tOr'w, not
yet in a position to -respond, even in the limited manner sec.2ri~-y
considerations will allow to the specific questions asked in
1itcm 3 of the ti:netabl attached to the F P.M Letter 412-1.
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Althou,h our progress has been slower than anticipated,
we have established policy goals and guidelines for the operation
of our : ' .f z:3. We have also concentrated on obtaining commit-
rn{rnt to and involvesneut in. cxccutive development at all organi-
zational levels. These we believe are essential ingredients Of
success, taking precedence over pro forma systems.
Last spring it became apparent that the educational process
of launching an ED program would be a time consuming effort
requirin painstaking v.,ork and leadership by the Agency's senior
officials. *% e recognized that policy directives could only start
the tedious and complicated task of an .Agency-wide review of the
potentialities of individual employees for executive. positions and
their specific developmental needs. Conscious of this fact, we
were able to define the nr ocedural steams of PMMP with relative
ease, but we have moved with deliberate speed toward the formal
launching of P J2%, IP. Throu;zh.out these past months, the burden
of the task has been borne personally by the 'executive Director-
Comptroller and the Deputy Directors as members of the E MRB,
with staff assistance from me as the E.MMO. The steps and
forms in the enclosure a- re the products of our -Ielibera.tio*is.
In :s npport of the 'sailic .D system, the Agency has made
considerable headway in lLi i.ng training resources to executive
''doveloprnent. Y e have i s itute l a Senior Seminar for executives
which will be held twice each year, in the spring and fall. Each
Seminar will be of nine week;.' ?duratibn. We are also developing The Agency has pro -
s c.: ibod a set of core courses to be taken by promising profes-
sionals, and we are in the process of defining with greater
particularity entry requirements into these courses.
I ho no t. ii'1 let i and t_=ia enclosure suificiently reflect
the si;nilican6e-the Agency attaches to executive development.
T 'he fro ; - ri ce been and remains a priority concern of the
senior management of the Agency.
Please advise if I can be of any further. assistance.
Sincerely,
rl-irry B. 1 ?4 ,he'
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