computer personnel selection and criteria development
This is a report on the job analysis phase of a research program devoted to computer personnel selection and evaluation. The research program is being carried out by the Electronics Personnel Research Group attached to the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern California. The Electronic Personnel Research Group activities are sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, the Bureau of Personnel, and the Bureau of Ships. The principal investigator of the various research projects and leader of the group is Dr. Joseph W. Rigney. The Electronics Personnel Research Group, or EPRG, has been conducting studies at USC since 1952, principally in the matters of electronics equipment, maintenance and operation. The research has been on personnel factors in the areas of selection, performance evaluation, and training. In 1959, EPRG surveyed the computer field and put out four technical reports which dealt with problems associated with the establishing of computer installations and of the personnel requirements. These were titled, "The Role of Humans in Complex Computer Systems". (Technical reports No. 24, 25, 26, and 27.) The objective was to provide information to the Navy on computer installation requirements. The reports were of such general interest that many other agencies have found them valuable. For example, the city of San Francisco Controller Office, which is in the process of computerizing many of the city's civil functions, has acknowledged their use of the reports.
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