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Usually, no, not as team performance is defined here. Critical elements are the only basis for determining that an employee's performance is unacceptable. The law intends they be used to...
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The importance of team performance can be emphasized through the creation of appropriate awards. Where goals are reasonably stable, measurable and achievable, agencies may wish to establish incentive awards that...
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Yes. The individual critical element required by the regulations must describe performance that is reasonably measured and controlled at the individual employee's level. Such performance includes individual contributions to the...
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Yes. An agency can design procedures for deriving a rating of record that assign greater weight to non-critical elements (which may be used to measure team performance and may affect...
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Usually no. The regulations require each employee have at least one critical element based on individual performance. This requirement ensures an appraisal program establishes individual accountability, as the performance appraisal...
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One option is to establish an individual's contributions to the team as critical or non-critical elements in employee performance plans and use them in deriving the rating of record or...
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The principal reason is that it would violate the intent of the appraisal statute. Allowing a non-performer to "ride" the efforts of other team members and accrue all the entitlements...