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New York: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc 1961. Wraps. First Edition. [2], 136, [6] pages. Original publishers printed wrappers. Minor wear and a few dings to the covers. First 2 pages are a Highlights for the Executive on a perfed tear-out sheet (still present in this example). Stamp of FM Verzuh on this sheet. Professor Verzuh worked on the MIT Rapid Arithmetic Machine. An early treatise on administration of computers, No 98 in the Studies in Business Policy series. "There are two sides ito electronic data processing - the technical and the administrative. Nearly everything that has been written on the subject pertains to the technical side. This is understandable. The dramatic feats of the technicians and their remarkable equipment certainly provide more interesting subjects than the humdrum activities of those who are administering electronic data-processing programs in commerce and industry. Yet, in the absence of sound administrative direction, the exciting promises of the technicians and their machines fail to materialize. Not only do the promises fail, but a program that is pregnant with cost savings is likely to become an enormous and expensive morass...This report is written for the guidance of those who oversee electronic data-processing programs, those who administer them, and those who are contemplating the inauguration or enlargement of a computer installation." (from the Foreword) Near Fine.

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