HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S PROGRAM FOR SENIOR MANAGERS IN GOVERNMENT

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• Publication Date: April 7, 1977
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MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
SUBJECT : Harvard University's Program
for Senior Managers in Government
1. On 29 March Professor Joseph Bower of the Graduate School
of Business Administration at Harvard University wrote the DDCI
seeking applications for the 31 July - 19 August Program for Senior
Managers in Government. The Executive Secretariat sent a copy of
this correspondence to the Director of Training to develop an appro-
priate response for the DDCI.
2. The letter from Professor Bower was summarized in the
Director's Daily Journal on 4 April and the DCI noted in the margin
of his copy of the Journal the following:
"I'm inclined to use this course and (the) AMP
as a window to (the) business world."
3. The DCI's note is being passed on to you for guidance.
Deputy Executive Secretary
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
GEORGE F. 'BAKER FOUNDATION
SOLDIERS FIELD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02163
March 30, 1977
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Stan:
My purpose in writing is to enlist your support for a new Harvard
enterprise. Last year, the University initiated a program of midcareer
education designed for experienced executives who hold positions of major
responsibility in the public sector. Sponsored jointly by the Harvard
Graduate School of Business Administration and the John F. Kennedy School
of Government, the Program for Senior Managers in Government seeks to
further the development of effective managerial attitudes and abilities.
As a means of recruiting outstanding participants for this three-week Pro-
gram, I am writing to you personally to ask for your help in this effort,
for we need high-level support in order to achieve our goals.
The Program for Senior, Managers in Government represents our belief
that the value of management training in government is sufficiently great
that the time of top--caliber senior executives will be released for such
purposes, even in this busy administration. As described in the enclosed
brochure, the Program emphasizes the development of a framework for sys-
tematically studying and resolving the key problems that face executives
in the public sector within its complex constitutional and political con-
text. Its curriculum is conceived in terms of five related core areas
which are developed as overlapping views of the same managerial problems:
the systematic analysis of large complex problems in their political con-
text; the legislative and political process; managing the formulation of
organizational purpose and resource allocation; building and using systems
for measurement, evaluation, and control.; and administrative practice.
The faculty for this Program is comprised of some of the most talented
members of the Schools of Business and Government.
We hope that you will find the Program of interest and that you will
assist us by identifying one or more key people whom you feel would benefit
by being with us this August.. Although we are especially interested in
high-ranking experienced executives, it is also important that the person
chosen be truly talented. We believe that the curriculum we have put to-
gether will make a major contribution to the participants. But our ex-
perience also tells us that the caliber of the executives in the group is
equally important to the Program's success. Indeed, last year's partici-
pants and faculty were very enthusiastic in their support of the Program,
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and many. of them' emphasized the contribution made by high-quality partic-
ipants.
In particular, we are seeking applications from individuals in posi-
tions of high responsibility in the Federal government; from the executive
departments and agencies, from the staffs of the White House, the OMB and
other parts of the Executive Office of the President; from two or three
leading members of the staffs of important congressional committees; a rep-
resentation from executives in state and local government; and from a small
number of executives from business whose areas of responsibility relate to
government. The experience of all these people working together in a tough,
well-designed program should be extremely valuable.
Please let me know if we can provide you with further information on
the Program. We will be happy to answer any questions and look forward to
hearing from you.
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%W HARVARD UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
GEORGE F. BAKER FOUNDATION
)USEYH L. DUWLK
Professor of Business Administration
March 29, 1977
Mr. E. Henry Knoche
Deputy Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
My purpose in writing is to inform you that Harvard
University's Program for Senior Managers in Government will be
held from July 31 to August 19, 1977. Jointly sponsored by the
Harvard Business School and the John F. Kennedy School of Govern-
ment, this new program is designed for experienced executives who
hold positions of major responsibility in the public sector and seeks
to further the development of effective managerial attitudes and
abilities.
The three week program emphasizes the development of a frame-
work for systematically studying and resolving the key policy and
management issues that face executives in federal, state and local
government. We have developed a substantial body of new case
material and feel that the curriculum will make a major contribution
to the participants. Our long experience with executive education
also tells us, however, that the caliber of the executive in the
group is equally critical to the success of a program.
As a part of the process of recruiting outstanding participants,
we are writing to friends of Harvard and selected individuals with
important roles in the public sector. Accordingly, I am writing to
you to ask for your interest and support and am enclosing a brochure
which describes the program more fully.
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March 29, 1977
We are seeking applications from key individuals in the
federal executive branch (the cabinet, agencies, the White House),
from staff directors of major congressional committees, from senior
managers of state and local government departments and agencies,
and from a small number of business executives whose areas of respon-
sibility relate to government. One of our top priorities is attracting
the candidacies of women and minorities holding such senior positions.
The experience of working together in a tough, well-designed program
should be memorable.
I look forward to hearing from you.
cerely,
Joseph L. Bower
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