Professionalizing Government Strategists

Abstract

The formal development and systemic hiring of government civilian professional strategists currently does not exist in the Federal Government, thus undermining the accomplishment of national policy goals. Misuse of the term "strategy" creates challenges, problems, and confusion. The Office of Personal Management (OPM) has not developed an OPM occupational series for strategists, even though federal law requires all agencies to develop and submit strategies for approval. Developmental opportunities exist for strategists, and expansion of these developmental opportunities can readily take place to meet the needs of the Federal Government. This paper declares a definition of the term "strategy," explores the problems of not having an OPM occupational series for strategists, clarifies legal requirements for agency strategies, identifies ongoing efforts to address the problem, presents policy options, and makes recommendations to resolve this problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589313

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Dillenschneider

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Employment
  • Federal Law
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Strategy
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Professional Development
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.