A PROPOSAL FOR ANALYZING THE PROCESS OF DECISION-MAKING IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Abstract

The report reviews and analyzes the foreign affairs decision-making system in the United States. Two approaches for the improvement of foreign affairs decision-making are put forward: strengthening the commitment and improving the capability for organizational change at a high level of the decision-making system; and an expanded program of fundamental research on decision-making processes employing concepts made available by recent advances in the social sciences. New institutional arrangements to coordinate the research effort and to advocate organizational change are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696801

Entities

People

  • Marshall W. Wiley

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Corporations
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Judgment
  • Lepidoptera
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • United States

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies