World Institute of Scientology Enterprises

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World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
AbbreviationWISE
Formation1979;45 years ago (1979)
TypeNon-profit
Purpose
  • Licensing and overseeing Scientologists' businesses
  • Dissemination of Hubbard Administrative Technology to non-Scientologists
  • Making new Scientologists
Headquarters6331 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90028, USA
PublicationProsperity
Parent organization
 Church of Scientology International
Subsidiaries Hubbard College of Administration
Website wise.org

World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) is a Church of Scientology organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It states that it is an "international membership organization whose members use both L. Ron Hubbard management technology and embrace the responsibilities and ethical standards of WISE membership." [1]

Contents

History

L. Ron Hubbard evolved his management techniques—which he called "Admin Tech", short for "administrative technology"—from the early 1960s through the late 1970s. [2] : xi–xii  The individual policies were packaged into book form under the title "Organization Executive Course" (also called "Org Exec Course" and "OEC"). Though originally intended for Scientology executives in the administration of a Scientology organization, Hubbard wrote that the information should be known by all staff members and "contained fundamentals vital to any successful or profitable activity"; it "also applied to the individual" and "any company, society or political entity". [3]

WISE was incorporated in 1979, [4] and was originally set up to solve the problem of Scientologists exploiting Scientology organizations to further their personal business operations, through actions such as poaching trained Church of Scientology personnel, and using Church of Scientology address books and mailing lists to sell their products and services. [5] [6]

The Hubbard College of Administration (HCA) was set up as the training venue to teach Hubbard Admin Tech outside of a Church of Scientology. For example, a Scientologist who wanted to run their business using Hubbard Admin Tech could send their employees to train at HCA instead of sending them into a Church of Scientology. [7] However, Hubbard made it clear that students should learn from the original Scientology materials (rather than re-writing them for general application by businesses) and allow the student to adapt the information to their own employment situation. [3]

In 1986, the Watchdog Committee executive over WISE published new broader goals for WISE: [8]

Goal: LRH standard administrative technology fully in use in every business throughout the world, whether Scientologist or not, and without distraction to the business of Scientology orgs.

Purpose: For Scientology to take over the entire world business community by getting LRH admin tech fully into use in every business in the world whether Scientologist or not.

Ideal scene: Standard LRH admin tech gotten into wide use in the world business communities via WISE members and WISE activities, with LRH fully recognized as the source of the tech and their success.

Organization

Membership

Membership in WISE means that the owner(s) of the firm have embraced Hubbard's administrative ideas such as management by statistics and the Org board and have agreed to abide by a certain Code of Ethics which includes arbitration by a WISE mediator of any disputes with another WISE member. [1] That is the basic company membership. If the firm also wants to train its employees in the Hubbard administrative technology using WISE materials then they become a higher-level member by paying a pre-determined amount of money to WISE. [10] Some employees and prospective employees have objected to this formal training in that it is something that is also a part of Scientology and a number have filed discrimination lawsuits with mixed results.

WISE Members include e-Republic, which publishes Government Technology and Converge magazines and coordinates the Center for Digital Government. Other affiliated firms include various "alternative health" centers including "The Natural Health Centre" in Redondo Beach, CA which is owned and operated by Dr. Grace Syn. WISE ANZO members include Gallop Solutions based in Sydney, Australia.

Lawsuits

A number of firms use the WISE administrative technology in their practices and there have been a number of civil suits and discrimination cases brought by employees objecting to the material, with mixed results.

Hubbard College of Administration

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Hubbard College of Administration

The Hubbard College of Administration (HCA) is located at 320 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California, which it purchased in 2000 for $1.57M, [20] and renovated in 2001. [21] : 8  HCA was established in 1990 by WISE, [22] [21] and started operations in 1991. [23] : 392-3  It received its tax-exempt status in 1993 as part of a negotiated settlement in which the IRS granted tax exempt status to 153 "Scientology-related entities" in the United States. [24] [25] [26] : 150168  It was formerly called "WISE College" and is a subsidiary of WISE. [27] [28]

The school administers the WISE certificate programs as well as offering continuing education courses, workshops, corporate seminars, and an associate degree program in management and administration. [29] It teaches L. Ron Hubbard's method of business administration and uses his Study Technology learning methods, both of which he developed for the Church of Scientology. [21] [30] Students do not attend traditional academic terms but instead can begin taking courses at any time of the year, and may attend either full-time or part-time. [21] HCA reported 18 students enrolled in 2022. [31]

HCA is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training. [32] Students are not eligible for federal or state financial aid programs, [21] : 6  and the school does not participate in any student financial aid programs such as Federal Student Aid, veterans' financial aid education programs, or the Cal Grant program. [31]

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References

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  2. ↑ Hubbard, L. Ron (1976). Modern Management Technology Defined: Hubbard dictionary of administration and management. Church of Scientology. ISBN   0884040402. OL   8192738M.
  3. 1 2 The Org Exec Course Introduction, HCO Policy Letter, Church of Scientology, September 8, 1969
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  5. ↑ Hubbard, L. Ron (August 20, 1982), Moonripping, HCO Policy Letter, Church of Scientology
  6. ↑ Establishment Exec Int; AVC Int (October 18, 1995), Outside Firms and Terminals Forbidden to Operate on Org Premises, Scientology Policy Directive, Church of Scientology
  7. ↑ "Purpose, Mission and Objectives", Course Catalog, Hubbard College of Administration, May 9, 2001
  8. ↑ WDC WISE; AVC Int (May 5, 1986), WISE Admin Scale, WISE Policy Directive, Church of Scientology
  9. ↑ "WISE Consultant Expansion Game". Hubbard Management Consultants. June 27, 2006. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2006.
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    • Form 1023 – Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code – Church of Scientology International, Washington, DC, August 18, 1993
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