WORLD BANK HISTORY PROJECT

      Brookings Institution




     Notes of interview with



    TEMESGIEN GOBENA




     Date: October 15, 1991
       Washington, D.C.




       By: Devesh Kapur
Secretary to the Implementation: Robert Voight
Task Force of Implementation

Organizational aspect has been neglected since last May. Most information for
infrastructure were never really laid down. No sense of having a consensus decision in
organization and management. Also, no effort for HRD [Human Resource
Development?], part of Administration1

Organizational focus came in '68 - '72

Jim Kearns from Mak______. Architects behind the structure.

Initially, Organization Planning was supposed to be an Advisor to the President. Then, it
expanded and became a big organization.
   --Management consulting function called Organization Planning Dept.
   --Initially, it had a control focus, then moved to a consultancy focus.
Until '87, it was considered as the "friendly consultant neighbor" because it meant that
the manager got what he wanted.

He brought in from the outside a management consulting firm to whet the organizational
structure. In the process, OPD [Organization Planning Department] was abolished; but
certain important ____: all residual _____ went to SVP P&A [Senior Vice President,
Personnel and Administration] almost by accident.

Willie [Willi W. A. Wapenhans]: created an Organizational Monitoring Task Force.
Changes were to be routed through this, with the designated chief of policy in Personnel
to head it: members PBD [Planning and Budgeting Department], own office. One
person drawn from policy division (new PRE [Policy, Research and External Affairs])

MOC (Master Organizational Committee?)
  --residual function, but very important
  --ask Accounting people for actual figures
  --also to identify senior managers and openings

[Alexander] Shakow: Strategic Planning. Vielen (?) to plan without knowing
international finance and vice versa. This led to CPB VP [Corporate Planning and
Budgeting].

Now, OPS [Operations Policy Staff], whether consultancy or regulatory

SDA [Social Dimension of Adjustment program] department newly created in June '90.
A ____ since '68 a poverty unit was created. '72, first major research on poverty by
former Bangladesh Agriculture a planning minister


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