Evidence of management involvement throughout organization. Results routinely reviewed to monitor performance and make needed improvements. Analysis of results well-established. Self-assessment a key tool used by all levels of organization management for improvement. Results important to management performance.
Results drive improvement decisions and resource allocations.
The organization s overall rating is determined by summing the results for the five individual criteria. The total number of points achieved by the organization is used to determine an organizational rating as shown in Table 2. The Organizational Rating Scale consists of both adjectival ratings and numerical ratings. Numerical ratings are used to provide higher level ratings for both Directorates consisting of more than one evaluated organization and the overall Laboratory rating. Directorate ratings are calculated by averaging organizational ratings.