Author(s): Cristina POSAŞTIUC
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2015
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 14/2015
DOI:
Abstract
Cooperation with academia is seen by intelligence theorists and practitioners
alike as a way to support change management, improve analytic capabilities and better
cope with emerging challenges. Intelligence scholars often focus on ’big phenomena’
such as social change, the shifting nature of threats or ethics in intelligence, while
practitioners are concerned (in public statements, at least) with more mundane issues
such as human resource management, workflow streamlining and establishing good
rapport with beneficiaries.
Not even apparently clear-cut terms such as ‘strategic’ bear the same meaning
within the two groups: theorists seek to correlate social and organizational change,
while practitioners are more interested in detecting risks and threats in their nascent
stages so as to better prepare for ‘worst case’ scenarios.
Managing the knowledge production process is, unfortunately, a topic which
doesn’t rank high with the intelligence community.
Keywords: change management, cooperation, theory and practice,
knowledge production.
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