Bill > H1040

This bill aims to improve how state services are managed and how accountability is handled by establishing a mandatory management training program for state employees in leadership or oversight positions. This program will be developed and administered by the University of Massachusetts school of management, which will consult with various experts, including business schools, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and large Massachusetts companies, to create a curriculum focused on best practices in areas like performance management, employee evaluation, communication, team building, and project management. The bill also mandates that the program include guidelines for annual performance reviews for all state employees and a system to recognize excellent management performance, though this recognition will not involve extra pay. Finally, the University of Massachusetts is required to deliver this program and its recommendations to relevant state human resources departments by January 2016, and a separate section of the bill ensures that all commonwealth employees will receive an annual performance review according to the methods developed by the program.