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MANAGER, DATA PROCESSING

Specialty Definition: MANAGER, DATA PROCESSING

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Occupations

Directs and coordinates development and production activities of data processing department: Consults with management to determine information requirements of management, scientists, or engineers, determine boundaries and priorities of new projects, and discuss system capacity and equipment acquisitions. Confers with department heads involved with proposed projects to ensure cooperation and further define nature of project. Consults with COMPUTER SYSTEMS HARDWARE ANALYST (profess. & kin.) 033.167-010 to define equipment needs. Reviews project feasibility studies. Establishes work standards. Assigns and schedules work, or delegates work to subordinate managers and supervisors, and reviews work. Interprets policies, purposes, and goals of organization to subordinates. Prepares progress reports to inform management of project status and deviation from goals. Contracts with management specialists, technical personnel, or vendors to solve problems. Directs COMPUTER PROCESSING SCHEDULER (clerical) 221.362-030 to change computer operating schedule to meet department priorities. Reviews reports of computer and peripheral equipment production, malfunctions, and maintenance to ascertain costs and plan department operating changes. Analyzes department workflow and workers' job duties to recommend reorganization or departmental realignment within company. Participates in decisions concerning staffing and promotions within data processing department. Directs training of subordinates. May prepare proposals and solicit sale of systems analysis, programming, and computer services to outside firms. May assist staff to diagnose and solve computer equipment problems. May participate in technical projects, such as writing equipment specifications or developing computer programs for specified applications. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MANAGER, DATA PROCESSING


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 4E 41 47 45 52 2C      44 41 54 41      50 52 4F 43 45 53 53 49 4E 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01001110 01000001 01000111 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000100 01000001 01010100 01000001 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01000011 01000101 01010011 01010011 01001001 01001110 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#78 &#65 &#71 &#69 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#68 &#65 &#84 &#65 &#32 &#80 &#82 &#79 &#67 &#69 &#83 &#83 &#73 &#78 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 004E 0041 0047 0045 0052 002C      0044 0041 0054 0041      0050 0052 004F 0043 0045 0053 0053 0049 004E 0047

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4735483541395214238355435250524937395353434841

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