PHILOSOPHY STATEMENTS. Performance Management One of managements' major responsibilities is to create a high performing organization that maximizes the potential and contribution of every employee. Achieving this will require an effective Performance Management system for employee selection, ongoing feedback and evaluation, and development that is seen by employees as fair and unbiased. The objective of the selection process will be to ensure that people with the necessary skills and competencies are selected from the outset. The job expectations, skills and competencies including 'soft skills' required for each job will be described in job profiles. The objective of the ongoing feedback and evaluation process will be to ensure that employees understand job expectations and receive coaching feed-back on their performance. Job expectations will be linked to Business Unit objectives and ultimately to customer expectations. The process will include agreed upon measures of employee performance. Appropriate coaching and training will also be part of the process to help employees be successful and to identify problems early. There will be a clear process for resolving situations where an employee is not able to meet job expectations. The objective of the development process will be to ensure that there will be ongoing training and development to help employees expand their skills and competencies to excel in current jobs and progress to fill new opportunities as they arise. Business Imperative For Involvement We, the Union and Management, jointly recognize that the future success of our business is tied directly to the individual and collective actions of our employees. To be successful in a rapidly changing environment, we will need all employees to take personal accountability for helping us identify how we need to change and for implementing the changes that need to be made. If we are successful in focusing the knowledge, commitment and contribution of all employees to making changes we will succeed against the competition. Beliefs About Involvement We believe that employees at all levels of our company have valuable insights to contribute to our change efforts and that through involving them and their union in the Company's change process we will make better decisions and achieve a higher rate of implementation success. We further believe that employees want to contribute to making our company successful. We recognize that employees who understand the rationale for change, the vis...
