Many business problems, from poor productivity and profitability to lawsuits and regulatory violations are caused by one of these two circumstances. Do your employees know what they are supposed to do and what they are not supposed to do? Do you?
The
Position Matrix
Communication System
A management system that starts with these essential features:
1. Objective Job Descriptions
2. Objective Performance Appraisals
3. Objective Physical, Mental and Environmental Performance Demands for ADA compliance.
4. Minimum Education, Training and Experience Requirements
5. A Metric is nothing more than a standard measure to assess your performance in a particular area, as well as a summation of all the different activities and processes that are given to attain a standard of performance.
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The Position Matrix defines, documents and communicates in measurable terms the specific...
The Position Matrix is the starting point for our Performance Management Documentation Facilitation, the process we use for developing manuals, documentation and systems and implementing PerformanceWare for ISO 9000, Knowledge Management and other performance and quality management applications. |
Performance appraisals are easy and fair when the position is objectively defined and ADA compliance is much easier.
The Project Matrix provides the same level of detail for teams, other work groups and projects.
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What is a Position Matrix?
Click to see a Position Matrix Form or a Completed Position Matrix and Performance Appraisal
The
concept of the Position Matrix Communication System is simple and
straight forward.
The Position Matrix is a one page living document that creates
an objective and comprehensible job description.
The employee, his supervisor and the persons affected by his
work all commit to that job description and then follow it with
periodic appraisals which evaluate the employee’s performance
against that description.
The forms are easy to use and flexible so that the description
of the job can change with the needs of the company.
Finally, the Position Matrix record is maintained as a
memorialization of the performance requirements of the job and the
employee’s performance as measured against those requirements.
The Position Matrix is a dynamic tool. It will change as often as job responsibilities change. It is not to be completed, filed, and forgotten until next year, but should be used constantly as a checklist to ensure the position incumbent is accomplishing key goals; and it should be modified as those goals change and as new opportunities arise. Accordingly, the Position Matrix is a tool to promote true empowerment of employees. They should be encouraged to change their Position Matrix as often as need be. If they develop a better way to do something or see a new way to add value, all they have to do is revise their Position Matrix and get their supervisors and key impacts (those co-workers affected by their work) to agree to the change.
Click to see a PowerPoint presentation on Training Opportunities with PerformanceWare and the Position Matrix
Click to see a PowerPoint presentation on features of The Position Matrix Communication System.
(Once the new window for the presentation is open, click on the small screen icon in the lower right hand corner for a full screen presentation. Click anywhere on the screen to advance the slides.)
