Manpower trends at JPL since 1961 : Lunar and planetary flight projects staff report, 1966 Apr 1.

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Nichols, Gaylord E., Jr. Manpower trends at JPL since 1961 : Lunar and planetary flight projects staff report, 1966 Apr 1.

Manpower trends at JPL since 1961 : Lunar and planetary flight projects staff report, 1966 Apr 1.

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?A brief analysis of the results of this manpower allocation process has been conducted for the five-year period from 1961 to [1966] in order to provide a better basis for forecasting manpower needs. This analysis has resulted in the following conclusions 1) Of the major types of activities carried out at JPL since 1961 the manpower devoted to flight projects has declined in recent years in terms of the percentage of total JPL manpower; SR and AD has remained somewhat constant, while the DSN has experienced steady growth. These trends have taken place while the indirect manpower has been a fairly stable percentage of total manpower. 2) The amount of manpower devoted to flight projects not carried to completion bas been a significant fraction of flight project manpower. At no time in the past five years has this fraction been lower than l0% of the total flight project direct manpower and has at times been as high as 40% 3) The requirements of flight projects have created a highly fluctuating demand for manpower. This demand has resulted in assignment of manpower to various projects on a relatively short-term basis?

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