ORS 240.850 Policy on work environments; duties of state agencies

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:

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

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

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

Eliminate layers of organizational hierarchies;

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

Promote continuous improvement of state services through the involvement of all workers in process design and performance-based outcome development.