THE BATTALiON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1977
Page 5
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United Press International
iJEW YORK — Executive turn-
>r is a major problem in the fed-
i government, contributing to a
c of management talent and in-
itary majoi®quate use of available manage-
nda, a 6l.Jnt technology, a survey by the
is a former'I ;r h- Knight management con-
ting firm indicates.
[he survey was based on a rather
sample of top level political
if the Frukj wintees and career executives in
umentaliiii ishington. Its conclusions show
fact that almost 100 per cent of
political appointees and 80 per
t of the careerists agreed that
nover is a very serious problem,
hey said it produced a generally
bulent and confused atmosphere
government offices because so
ny programs ran on a start and
bp basis as key personalities
anged.
The deficiencies of the political
,, pointees were stressed by the ap-
ling iossii j ntees themselves as well as by
careerists. Both groups said
litical appointees often didn’t last
ig enough to learn much about
sir posts and the turnover rate
ide it nearly impossible to hold a
litical appointee responsible
len he didn’t produce.
henust sll^p^t of this is to see the same
. i iBstalces repeated over and over
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ficulty of adapting to different per
sonal styles and trying to build a
meaningful working relationship
with a man or woman who probably
wasn’t going to be around long any
way.
The careerists said the high turn
over reduced their motivation and
tempted them to adopt an attitude
of “don’t take any risks. ’’ About 30
per cent of the political appointees
said the high turnover resulted in
the real business of running the
government being left to those
stodgy careerists who hung on.
Curiously, 90 per cenp of the
political appointees surveyed at
tributed the higher turnover mainly
to salary limits while only 56 per
cent of the careerists mentioned
compensation. But 76 per cent of
the political appointees and 68 per
cent of the careerists also said frus
tration over red tape restraints was a
big cause.
Seventy per cent of the appoint
ees and 75 per cent of the careerists
said the fact that many of the politi
cal job holders looked on any post
only as a stepping stone to some
thing better was a major factor in
the high turnover.
in the job, was given by both groups
as the fourth big reason for the high
turnover.
mented on the naivete of the politi
cal appointees in imagining that the
tactics and management skills they
had used in business or the
academic world could be automati
cally transferred to government
service.
Some of the political appointees
Dinner theater begins
season with comic ‘Luv’
said they just couldn’t get used to
“living in the fishbowl’’ atmosphere
that has prevailed in Washington
ever since Franklin Delano
Roosevelt gave his famous “goldfish
bowl” order in 1933.
Only 40 per cent of the politically
appointed executives and only 13
per cent of the careerists thought
the introduction of management
systems into government did any
good. Some went so far as to say the
attempt to introduce management
systems actually reduced efficiency.
“Luv, ” a light comedy about dou
ble meanings, will be presented by
the Aggie Players in a Memorial
Student Center dinner theater in
late June.
The play, the first of two dinner
theaters production this summer,
opens June 23.
Rehearsal of the Murray Schisgal
play, under Roy O’Valle’s direction,
starts today. “Luv’s” cast, selected
during the spring semester, will in
clude Steve King as Milt, Patricia
Morgan as Ellen and Dave Ridge as
Harry.
One of the MSC Summer Direc
torate’s most popular “off season” of
ferings, dinner theater begins its
third summer at Texas A&M. The
productions are cooperative efforts
of the MSC and Aggie Players, the
theatrical company of the English
Department’s Theater Arts Section.
is an MSU-: committee cnairea oy
sophomore Greg Wilk.
Wilk said “Luv” runs June 23-25
date will be for the play only, he
Friday performance will be $2 for
student and $3 non-students.
“Luv’ is based on taking certain
things and giving them different
meanings,” O’Valle said.
It involves the relationship be
tween three people and is set on a
bridge in New York. The student-
designed set will be the brainchild
of Walt Meissner of the Aggie
Players. Christi Binz will be assis
tant director.
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