by Patricia H. Kushlis | Feb 12, 2015 | Monitor
by Joan Wadelton, Guest Contributor The Department of State’s administrative misdeeds have become increasingly serious, much more commonplace and disturbingly costly. The list of failures across the spectrum of management functions (by which I mean the...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 18, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Before I began Professor Freedman’s book on strategy, I didn’t realize that I would be embarking on a painstakingly detailed 751 page historical journey of the meaning and applications of an increasingly popular – yet too often poorly...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jul 18, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeWherever I was posted during my quirky tenure with U.S.I.A., my colleagues and I had to take an annual inventory of all our equipment. It was time-consuming and boring and we grumbled a lot, but the result was worthwhile: we knew what we had and...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 1, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis The General Accounting Office (GAO) published its 32 page investigation of the Foreign Service promotion process in July 2013. The title? Foreign Affairs Management: State Department Has Strengthened Foreign Service Promotion Process Internal...
by Peter J. Munson | Oct 8, 2012 | Monitor
By: Peter J. Munson Thoughts compiled in preparation for a discussion with the Chief of Staff of the Army's Strategic Studies Group on military culture and change.