Oregon § 240.850 Policy on work environments; duties of state agencies

Oregon Statutes

§ 240.850 — Policy on work environments; duties of state agencies

Oregon § 240.850

Vol.6

Title 22Public Officers and Employees

Ch. 240State Personnel Relations

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 240.850 (2026).

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It is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage cooperative, participatory work environments and team-based management practices in all state agencies. To that end, when feasible and appropriate, state agencies shall:

(1)Delegate responsibility for decision-making and service delivery to the lowest possible level;

(2)Involve all workers, especially frontline workers, in the development and design of processes and program improvements;

(3)Simplify and eliminate internal administrative rules and policies that unduly impede the attainment of the agency’s mission and delivery of services;

(4)Eliminate layers of organizational hierarchies;

(5)Envision state government as a high performance organization in which training and technology are viewed as an investment in the workforce; and

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It is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage cooperative, participatory work environments and team-based management practices in all state agencies. To that end, when feasible and appropriate, state agencies shall:
(1) Delegate responsibility for decision-making and service delivery to the lowest possible level;
(2) Involve all workers, especially frontline workers, in the development and design of processes and program improvements;
(3) Simplify and eliminate internal administrative rules and policies that unduly impede the attainment of the agency’s mission and delivery of services;
(4) Eliminate layers of organizational hierarchies;
(5) Envision state government as a high performance organization in which training and technology are viewed as an investment in the workforce; and
(6) Promote continuous improvement of state services through the involvement of all workers in process design and performance-based outcome development.