Performance Management at UC Berkeley
Chancellor Birgeneau's Message
"Dear colleagues:
Our staff are a key component in maintaining Berkeley's academic pre-eminence.
Their dedication and hard work contribute to the University's mission
and enable our campus to function effectively. We must ensure that
we are doing our utmost to nurture and develop an exemplary staff
through effective performance management." Read
the Chancellor's entire message...
Setting SMART goals is key to performance management
Collaboration between staff and managers will set the stage for next year's salary increases (Berkeleyan Article by Wendy Edelstein, Public Affairs, 2/15/06)
"Ensuring that staff members and supervisors communicate about workplace goals requires more than a once-a-year evaluation, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said in an e-mail message to deans, directors, top-level administrators, and staff earlier this month. Birgeneau urged supervisors to take "a structured approach" to performance management, one that would involve additional meetings with their employees to discuss setting objectives and reaching goals. The chancellor also called job-related training and career development "critical components" in the performance-management cycle." Read the entire article...