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Control Data Corporation Records. Personnel Documents and Reports, 1957-1991. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Control Data Corporation records. Personnel documents and reports
Dates: 1957-1991.
Creator: Control Data Corporation
Extent: 12 boxes (6.5 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 80, Series 15.
Abstract:
This series contains a variety of records related to the organization and management of the employees of Control Data Corporation and its subsidiaries. Documents consist of corporate policies and procedures, employee benefits and retirement information, manuals, guides, and handbooks for both employees and managers, employee surveys and statistics, and information about company-wide incentive programs.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:
The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Ceridian Corporation in 1991.
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation:
Control Data Corporation Records, Personnel Documents and Reports (CBI 80), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection are arranged into the following groups:

Benefit Information

Directories

Employee Handbooks and Manuals

Organization Charts

Personnel Management

Polices and Procedures

Reports and Surveys

Retirement

Collection Scope and Content Note

This series contains a variety of records related to the organization and management of the employees of Control Data Corporation and its subsidiaries. Documents consist of corporate policies and procedures, employee benefits and retirement information, manuals, guides, and handbooks for both employees and managers, employee surveys and statistics, and information about company-wide incentive programs. Also included in this series are organization charts, arranged by managerial level, division, or subsidiary.

Related Material

This is one series of the Control Data Corporation Records (CBI 80). Please see the other series finding aids for further information regarding the Control Data Corporation.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Control Data Corporation.

Computer industry -- Employees.

Computer industry -- Personnel management.

Box and Folder List

Location Title

Benefit Information, 1961-1989

Box 5
Benefits, Insurance Programs, 1961-1978, 1989. Box 5, Folder 2-3

Benefit Plans, circa 1966-1969. Box 5, Folder 1

Box 7
Benefit Programs, Financial Summary Statements, 1976-1982. Box 7, Folder 1

Directories, 1957-1978

Box 5
Office Directories, 1957-1958. Box 5, Folder 6

Telephone Directories, 1960-1978. Box 5, Folder 7

Box 12
Telephone Directories, 1984-1991. Box 12, Folder 15-20

Employee Handbooks and Manuals, 1958-1982

Box 5
Handbooks, Subsidiaries, 1964-1965. Box 5, Folder 4

Handbooks/Manuals, 1958, 1962-1982. Box 5, Folder 5

Box 11
CDC Metropolitan Employees Recreation Clubs ... Bylaws and Operating Procedures, January 1971. Box 11, Folder 1

Organization Charts, 1957-1987

Corporate Organization Charts.

1957-1960.

1961-1965.

1966-1970.

1972-1975.

1976-1984.

Divisional Charts

1963-1976.

Box 2
1972, 1974, 1983. Box 2, Folder 9

Functional Responsibility Charts, 1957-1969. Box 2

Box 11
General Organizational Charts, 1958-1985. Box 11, Folder 2-3

Box 12
General Organizational Charts, 1958-1985. Box 12, Folder 11-14

Personnel Organization Charts, Letter Size.

Box 1
1957-1980. Box 1, Folder 1-27

Box 2
1981-1987. Box 2, Folder 1-9

Personnel Organization Charts, Oversized.

1960-1965.

196-1968.

1969.

1970.

1971-1975.

1976-1980.

Personnel Management, 1960-1984

Box 6
"25 Years of Personnel at Control Data," 1982. Box 6, Folder 1

Box 11
After Hours Education Program, 1969-1970. Box 11, Folder 4

Box 6
Compensation Manual, circa 1967. Box 6, Folder 2-4

Box 11
Control Data Manager, Unit 5, Part 2 - Test Manual, 1976. Box 11, Folder 5

"Control Data News" (Employee Communication), 1972, 1973 Box 11, Folder 6

Box 6
Corporate Employee Records System, 1965-1967. Box 6, Folder 5-6

Box 11
Corporate Management Education, Continuing Education, 1974. Box 11, Folder 7

Box 6
Employee Advisory Resource (EAR), 1975-1984. Box 6, Folder 7

Box 11
Employee Entrepreneurial Advisory Office (EEAO) Report of Activity, September 1979-June 1980 Box 11, Folder 8

Box 7
Employee Security Task Force, Summary Report, August 1976. Box 7, Folder 13

Box 6
Employee Work Plan Guides, circa 1967. Box 6, Folder 8

Human Resource Management Services, Business Plan, 1974. Box 6, Folder 9

Individual Review and Development Planning System, 1974-1975. Box 6, Folder 10

Management by Objectives, circa 1974. Box 6, Folder 11

Management/Consultant Education Planning Guide, 1980. Box 6, Folder 13

Management/Consultant Education Program, 1980. Box 6, Folder 14

Box 7
Management Guide to Effective Selection, 1973. Box 7, Folder 14

Memos to Employees, undated, 1960-1961. Box 7, Folder 17

Memos to Employees, 1964-1982, 1984, 1991. Box 7, Folder 18-19

Box 11
Monthly Communications Meeting Reports, September 1968 Box 11, Folder 9

Box 7
Monthly Population Reports, Domestic Computer Business, Full-time Personnel, 1970. Box 7, Folder 15-16

Box 11
"Organization of a Medium to Large Size EDP Product and Systems Business," 1967 Box 11, Folder 10

Box 6
Pay Plan Summary Sheets: Customer Engineering and Production, 1981. Box 6, Folder 15

Personnel Manager's Manual

Box 6
October 1978. Box 6, Folder 16-18

April 1979. Box 6, Folder 19

March 1980. Box 6, Folder 20

March 1981. Box 6, Folder 21

Personnel Managers, Memos to, 1964. Box 6, Folder 22

Box 7
Personnel Statistics Summaries, 1965-1969. Box 7, Folder 23

Box 11
"Planning and Budget Control - American Freezes Budget Package," 1976. Box 11, Folder 11

Program Management Handbook, undated. Box 11, Folder 12

Box 12
"Programming Project Management Course," 1975, 1979. Box 12, Folder 1-4

Box 11
Progress Report to Employees, August, December 1972 Box 11, Folder 13

Box 7
"Quest for Technology" Incentive Program, 1975. Box 7, Folder 24

Relocation Guide, International Employees, circa 1972-1978. Box 7, Folder 25

Box 11
"Sharpening Your Management Skills, Understanding the Management Function," undated. Box 11, Folder 14

"Special Achievement Programs," undated. Box 11, Folder 15

Box 7
Wage/Price Freeze, 1971-1972. Box 7, Folder 28

Box 6
Work Planning, Employee Development, and Performance Review System, undated. Box 6, Folder 27

Policies and Procedures, 1961-1984.

Box 4
Corporate Philosophy, March 1964. Box 4, Folder 7

Funeral Leave Policy, undated. Box 4, Folder 8

Box 3
Personnel Policies and Procedures, 1973, 1977-1980. Box 3, Folder 1-7

Box 4
Personnel Policies and Procedures, 1981-1982, 1984. Box 4, Folder 1-6

"Policy and Guidelines for Compliance with Trade Regulation Laws," 1976-1978. Box 4, Folder 9

Box 7
Security Manuals, 1961, 1963, 1966. Box 7, Folder 27

Box 4
Sick Leave Policy, 1962. Box 4, Folder 10

Reports and Surveys, 1960-1984.

Bright Ideas Program, 1984.

Box 10
Commercial Credit Corporation (CCC), 1984. Box 10, Folder 5

Computer Services, 1984. Box 10, Folder 6

Final Executive Summary, 1984. Box 10, Folder 4

Mid-Program Executive Summary, 1984. Box 10, Folder 1

Mid-Program Executive Summary: Computer Products Group, 1984. Box 10, Folder 2-3

Employee Attitude Inventory

Box 7
Information Supplement, 1975. Box 7, Folder 3

Information Supplement Results, 1977. Box 7, Folder 6

Section III: Work Perceptions, May 1977. Box 7, Folder 7

Volume 1, 1977. Box 7, Folder 5

Employee Attitude Survey

Box 7
Job Factors, May 1978. Box 7, Folder 10

Personnel Research Report #178-79, April 1979. Box 7, Folder 11

Results, 1975. Box 7, Folder 4

Box 12
Results, 1988. Box 12, Folder 5

Box 7
Sections I and II: Satisfaction and Importance, May 1978. Box 7, Folder 8

Sections I and II: Satisfaction and Importance, May 1979. Box 7, Folder 12

Section III: Work Perceptions, May 1978. Box 7, Folder 9

Box 6
Management Practices Survey, undated. Box 6, Folder 12

Personnel Research Reports

Box 7
Attitude Inventory Responses, 1973. Box 7, Folder 22

Commercial Credit, April 1979. Box 7, Folder 2

Developing an Employee Case Against Unwanted Takeovers - An Exploration Study, April 1976. Box 12, Folder 7

Marketing Communications Survey Results, March 1981. Box 12, Folder 8

1980 PLATO Customer Satisfaction Survey Results for External Customers, October 1980. Box 12, Folder 9

Box 7
"Recommendations for Improving the Pay for Performance Relationship..." June 1976. Box 7, Folder 26

Box 6
Salary Surveys, 1966-1967. Box 6, Folder 26

Salary Program Summary Sheets

Box 6
Administrative, 1981. Box 6, Folder 23

Office, 1981. Box 6, Folder 24

Technical, 1981. Box 6, Folder 25

Box 11
Skills Inventory System - Instructions, undated. Box 11, Folder 16

Box 7
"The Supercomputer Company," undated. Box 7, Folder 29

Box 12
Transportation Survey, 14 February 1962. Box 12, Folder 10

Box 7
"Your Company, a Special Guide for Control Data Employees," 1967, 1968. Box 7, Folder 20

"Your Company" booklets, Computer Division, circa 1960-1962. Box 7, Folder 21

Retirement, 1964-1990

Box 8
Benefits: Retirement Programs, 1964, undated. Box 8, Folder 1

Control Data Retirees Club (Twin Cities Chapter), 1990. Box 8, Folder 2

Control Data Retirement Plan

Box 8
Amendment, 1977. Box 8, Folder 3

Box 9
Actuarial Reports, 1977-1979. Box 9, Folder 1-3

Investment Performance

Box 8
Comparative Results, 1979-1980. Box 8, Folder 4

Reports, 1976-1978, 1980. Box 8, Folder 5-9

"Planning for Retirement," 1976. Box 8, Folder 10