CRITIQUE OF PROGRAM 'REORIENTATION OF SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES' HELD ON 9 JUNE 1964

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01826R000300120016-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 1998
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: June 18, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Personnel Operations Division
SUBJECT . Critique of Program "Reorientation of Supervisory
Responsibilities" Held on 9 June 1964
1. In accordance with instruction received from your office,
I attended subject program and have outlined to you my reactions to it
in terms of its announced objectives. In addition, I have made certain
suggestions which I feel would make the program more interesting and
useful to future participants.
2. In general I was quite impressed with the following items;
(a) The top-level executives who conducted the program;
(b) The well-organized course and the division of the
subject areas among the participants;
(c) The optimum mix of high-quality speakers (Executive
Director; Deputy Director for Support; Director of
Personnel; Chief, Medical Staff);
(d) Adherence of the speakers to program schedule.
3. The only criticism I would make concerning the program
is that the theme of each speaker seemed to be geared toward an
orientation of first-line supervisors or to new members of the Agency's
supervisory corps, notwithstanding the fact that better than eighty-
five per cent of the audience consisted of top management and middle
management supervisory types and this was advertised as a reorientation.
4. My impressions of the individual presentations are as
Director of Central Intelligence Agency, John A. McCone. His
introduction to the participants was excellent. His short opening
(20 minute) message was a statement of the course objectives which was
designed to impress the supervisory corps that while top management
was more than satisfied with their professional ability and dedication,
they were not satisfied with the manner with which some supervisors
carried out their responsibilities.
Deputy Director for Support, Col. L. K. White. Col 'White's
presentation was excellent. He had interesting material logically
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outlined and fully presented. The only criticism I would offer would
be that the theme was geared primarily to first-line or new supervisory
personnel.
Director of Personnel, Emmett D. Echols. The Director of
Personnel's material was also well-prepared and logically presented.
The two criticisms I would make are that he tried to cover too much
ground in the time allotted. The second is the general criticism
outlined in paragraph three which is applicable to each of the
lecturers; that is, that the theme of their presentation was aimed
primarily at first-line supervisors. I think an appropriate theme
might be,"Philosophy and Objectives Underlining the Agency's Personnel
Program.?' A lecture on this plane would be interesting and useful
to some of our top management and middle management supervisory
personnel and also for new members of the supervisory corps.
Chief, Medical Staff, Dr. John R. Tietjen. Dr. Tietjen's
speech was interesting and entertaining; however, I feel that the
group would have profited more if his presentation had covered
some or all of the following points:
(a) What are the legal requirements for physical
examinations?
(b) How much should the Medical Staff know about job
requirements?
(c) What employees or type of employees (excluding
GS-13's and above) should be examined periodically?
(d) Who has access to medical records other than the
medics?
(e) How do medically disqualified applicants or
employees who have been separated for medical
reasons affect our public image?
(f) What are the security aspects involved, if any,
in the Agency's medical programs?
Qualifications Analysis Branch
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