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Selection starts the cycle
I earn my livelihood as a senior systems consultant. I do design, analysis, troubleshooting, technical audits, project management in cases of emergency, some cost studies, and even some management training.
This morning I'd like to offer you my view of ...
The analysis, design and evaluation of a computer personnel education system
The computer world today is faced with a mess. A number of problems tangled together is a mess.1 A mess can't be cleaned up until it is broken apart into separate problems.
There are some good people working with computers who are beating their heads ...
Development of an intermediate course for applications programming
There was much to be learned from the development of ICAP-we learned to be a little more hesitant about taking on a task of that difficulty again.
ICAP taught its developers a great deal, because ICAP is an unusual, perhaps unique course. The idea of ...
Training requirements for computer programmers in relation to system development phases
The purpose of this paper is to suggest that the training of computer programmers might be improved by developing training requirements and course curricula through analyses of the attributes of typical information system development phases. This ...
Experiences in self-selection of disadvantaged people into a computer operator training program
This paper describes the experiences of both the authors and the special group of disadvantaged people who entered a computer operator training course in New York City in the fall of 1968. The course was sponsored by a group of computer professionals on ...
Teaching techniques and quality education/training for the “disadvantaged”
The unrelenting demands of parent groups for control of the public schools in their communities have generated increased attention concerning the quality of education received by the Black and Spanish-speaking youngster in his neighborhood school. That ...
Report on the philosophy and mechanics of the Urban Education Committee of Philadelphia
The Urban Education Committee was formed to determine what, if anything, the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery could do to help place the disadvantaged into entry-level jobs in the computing industry.
This paper deals ...
An approach to computer personnel evaluation
An extensive study of the capabilities and proficiency of the staff of programmers and computer systems analysts was recently conducted for a large financial company. The purpose of the study was to provide company management with a detailed analysis of ...
Data Processing in Bolivia
The largest computer in Bolivia is an IBM 1440 system which by established standards is roughly a medium-size computer. It is also, at the present time, one of three computers in the whole country, all located in La Paz. This computer belongs to the ...
In-house recruiting—one answer to programmer force losses
A stable data systems staff is something that most systems managers hope for, dream about and in some cases even pray for. They have good reason to be so interested in stability, for it is an important virtue that few systems staffs have attained to ...
Rational vs. empirical approaches to job/task descriptions for COBOL programmers
Perhaps the intent of this paper will stand out more clearly as figure when viewed against the background or context in which it first arose. While not directly relevant, the context is the development of a computer-administered instruction (CAI) course ...
The computer manager and his job
In a recent study1 a large group of managers of medium to large computer installations were surveyed. One of the questions asked was what they felt were the major problems facing them now and in the future. Over 40% responded that personnel problems (...
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- Proceedings of the seventh annual conference on SIGCPR
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Acceptance Rates
Year | Submitted | Accepted | Rate |
---|---|---|---|
SIGMIS-CPR '19 | 30 | 20 | 67% |
SIGMIS-CPR '15 | 47 | 26 | 55% |
SIGSIM-CPR '14 | 35 | 26 | 74% |
SIGMIS-CPR '13 | 33 | 29 | 88% |
SIGCPR '02 | 32 | 15 | 47% |
SIGCPR '01 | 41 | 22 | 54% |
SIGCPR '99 | 50 | 32 | 64% |
SIGCPR '98 | 60 | 45 | 75% |
SIGCPR '97 | 33 | 28 | 85% |
SIGCPR '96 | 65 | 36 | 55% |
SIGCPR '95 | 54 | 21 | 39% |
Overall | 480 | 300 | 63% |