Hypothesis

• Change is the only constant. – Heraclitus, Greek philosopher, c. 500 b.c.

• Dennis R. Schrader

Homeland Security Higher Education Challenge

• How do we:– Use our degree programs to create a uniform

national pool of HLS Professionals?– Produce a generation of Team Oriented Leaders?– Develop leaders with competencies that can

broker intergovernmental and private sector resources?

Positive Achievements:

• Doctrine improvements like NRF and NDRF• Evolving approach to national level exercises• National Guard Dual Status Commanders• Regional Catastrophic Grant Program

Pending and Persistent issues/needs:

• Design for Exercise Outcomes; HSEEP rigidity• Inability to prepare for leadership during

unexpected scenarios e.g. Gulf Oil Spill, Katrina• Lack of clarity in HS education and career path

planning• Lack of systems engineering support to state

and local jurisdictions to develop capabilities• Lack of frameworks for integration of private

sector assets into the HSE

Leadership and Team BuildingDegree Value and Relevance

• Future Leaders should have experience in multiple disciplines and domains during their formative years

• Career Path Development – Domestic Preparedness Journal - 2009– Career Planning Map– Identified 22 Foundational Disciplines

Leadership and Team BuildingCareer Planning Map

Year

Discipline Specific Assignments Community Activities Leadership Development National Security Professional Development

0-10 Professional/Operational

SupervisorMiddle ManagerProgram ManagerTechnology developer

Associate degree Bachelor degree Advanced degree Discipline specific

professional association

Basic leadership training and development

Advanced degree Internships Doctrine-NRF-NIMS National Policy studies Language training Advanced History and geography Professional certifications Initial Security clearance and

information security training Reserve or Guard participation Continuing Education courses

11-20 Public-Private Sector Senior

Management Professional Association

leadership Interdisciplinary policy

panels and boards

Advanced leadership development

War college Naval Postgraduate School Professional certifications Top Secret clearance Continuing Education courses

21-30 Executive leadership

Senior Subject matter expertAppointed positions-Federal, state, and local

National Professional Association Leadership

Executive leadership development

National Board service Continuing Education courses

30 plus

Senior Executive and Policy rolesand cabinet level appointments

Interdisciplinary Consensus Panels

Complex policy advisors

Leadership and Team BuildingShaping Public Policy

• Develop competencies in public policy processes and analysis

• Recognize Homeland Security Policy issues in context of national public policy agenda

• Diagnose and navigate situations• State and Local Public Policy capacity– DomPrep.com regional study

Governance and ResourcesKey Educational Focus

• HSE Resources are built into an intergovernmental distributed network

• Achieve Resource efficiency• Bridge intergovernmental cultures to achieve

mutual resource collaboration • Introduce systems thinking into the curriculum– Peter Senge

Systems Engineering Competency

Sources:

• Kotter, John P., Leading Change, Harvard Business s Review, 1995

• Schrader, Dennis R., HLS & EM: Blueprinting the Future, Domestic Preparedness Journal, 21 October 2009

• French, Michael R., D.B.A, Schrader, Dennis R., P.E.; Federally Sponsored, Not-for-Profit Research and Development Centers: Evolving Regional Roles to Engineer State and Local Emergency Preparedness Capabilities, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Conference Paper, April 2010

• Senge, Peter, the 5th Discipline

Discussion

Dennis R. SchraderAdjunct Professor

Integrated Homeland Security Managementdschrader@towson.edu

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