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HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
HCO POLICY LETTER OF 7 NOVEMBER 1962
CenOCon
Franchise
Field
RE-ISSUE SERIES (4)
CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONS EFFICIENCY
(Re-issue of HCO Policy Letter of May 22, 1959)
One could say with bitterness that the only place some Central
Organizations
show self-determinism is the HGC and then only on processes.
We are getting too big to refuse to make decisions locally. If we are
going to bring
self-determinism back to man, we'd sure as the devil better display it in
ourselves and
on our jobs.
Once the basic purpose of a post or department is known, only two things
should
then be necessary:
1. Self-determined and responsible continuous creation of department and
post, and
2. Holding the communication lines rigidly in place.
No number of specific, detailed orders can remedy anything if these two
are not
in existence. Specific, microscopic orders on how the job is to be done is
not only
impossible but defeats the purpose of posts.
The unit depends utterly upon each department and post acting
causatively. The
more problems that aren't handled by the department or post receiving them,
the more
confusion develops.
It is my job to appoint or confirm people on posts, to map general
strategy, to
provide written communication and keep myself informed. If I am impeded in
doing
that job, we'll never make it. And floods of requests for decisions which
are well within
the power of central organizations to make defeats us in two ways:
1. It cuts my lines by jamming them and
2. Denies us general leadership and materiel.
When I appoint or confirm a Scientologist on a post, I say "There, he'll
handle
that area." I don't say "Now I've got some more nursing to do."
If we are to bring self-determinism to Man, we must be prepared to
exhibit it
ourselves. Defining self-determinism as it applies to departments and
posts, is very
easy-It is the willingness to decide and act in a causative manner toward
the traffic
and functions of that post. When we have a person on a post who is the
total effect of
that post, we have the post caving in on him and the tendency to pull the
organization
in with it. Only when the person on that post can assume positive and
effective cause
do we have gains in dissemination, units, ARC and MEST.
There are two ways of being a total effect-just to fixate and act not at
all, just to
disperse and throw everything off with resultant confusion to all.
We must come to orderly cause point on every post. We must, we must, we
must.
The full statement of function of every post is necessary or we have
duplication
of effort which we can't afford. But why beyond that do people demand
decisions by
others? Information they need. Traffic they need. A rigid communication
system and
exact lines they need, but decisions?