{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-240.850","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 240.850","heading":"Policy on work environments; duties of state agencies.","body":"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:\n      (1) Delegate responsibility for decision-making and service delivery to the lowest possible level;\n      (2) Involve all workers, especially frontline workers, in the development and design of processes and program improvements;\n      (3) Simplify and eliminate internal administrative rules and policies that unduly impede the attainment of the agency’s mission and delivery of services;\n      (4) Eliminate layers of organizational hierarchies;\n      (5) Envision state government as a high performance organization in which training and technology are viewed as an investment in the workforce; and\n      (6) Promote continuous improvement of state services through the involvement of all workers in process design and performance-based outcome development.","path":["06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections","22. Public officers and Employees","Chapter 240 — State Personnel Relations"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors240.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:12Z","sha256":"62e4f372afb2f049f8391904e96b73663692f226e865b5b1d354e49b1b14fcc8","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-240.750","next":"us-or/ors-240.855"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}