With this unique approach, employees and management organize together rather than separately. Employees and management work cooperatively on the same side of the table rather than at opposite sides to discuss all aspects of the workplace and work product. The outcome will be better communications, removal of traditional barriers that exist in every workplace and better understanding enabling better decisions by everyone. The Employee Management Partnership Teams Make Up of the Teams Teams have been created in each department.
Management picks management representatives and employees determine employee representatives.
Role of the Teams Teams recreate their department mission, review personnel policies and practices, evaluate safety issues, study human resource and capital needs to achieve the department's mission, review compensation and benefit issues, and consider best practices to celebrate success and achievement as well as appraisal strategies to ensure personal and group accountability. A Council has been created for all nine departments of the City administration. The Council is intended to reflect a good cross section and diversity of jobs throughout city government. Employees and Management will work together to structure and select representatives to the Council. The Council looks at similar issues as do the department Teams, but from a broader perspective.