Abstract
E VER SINCE SOCRATES SPOKE to Nocomachides about the art of management, the subject of executive leadership has been a matter of both public and private concern.1 The recommendations of the Second Hoover Commission and the question of an elite senior civil service are but the latest manifestations of this continuing dialogue, which has been severely limited by the lack of specific American experience. Recently, however, there has been some action worthy of note. The Civil Service Commission created Executive Seminar Centers in Kings Point, New York, in 1963, and in Berkeley, California, in 1966, and a Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1968. These first two aim at middle managers, while the Institute is designed for the top cadre of civil servants (GS 16-18, the supergrades). This article concerns the seminar centers, for they will, I suspect, serve as a model for future middlemanagement training both in and outside the federal government. They are the showcase for federal management training, and I think
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