State Personnel System Human Resource Strategic Plan 2000-2005
This strategic plan for the State Personnel System Human Resource addresses workforce design, compensation and benefits, and training and development. Key findings indicate a need for a more modern, performance-based system, increased manager accountability, improved outreach to minorities and women, and enhanced technology and training. Recommendations include implementing a competency-based system, exploring alternative pay plans, improving OPS worker management, enhancing online applications, improving minority recruitment, standardizing HR forms, implementing an HR service center, auditing agency practices, promoting workplace flexibility (telecommuting, flexible schedules, four-day workweeks), improving employee retention through exit interviews, implementing a market-based compensation plan, conducting employee satisfaction surveys, exploring a defined contribution retirement option, expanding elder care support, consolidating supplemental benefit plans, centralizing general employee training, acting as a broker for specialized training, and improving training program accountability. The plan aims to create a more flexible, accountable, and productive workforce that reflects 21st-century organizational practices.