April 20, 2000
Number 1897

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Office of Human Resources Administration Department (919) 962-3897 Fax (919) 962-1065	The University of North Carolina at CB# 1040,720 Airport Road Chapel Hill NC 27599-1040

TO:	Deans, Directors, Department Heads Human Resources Facilitators Joanne Kucharski, Chair, Employee Forum
FROM:	Ken Litowsky, Policy Director Human Resources Administration
SUBJECT:	Nominations for the Performance Management Review Board

As part of the University's Performance Management Program, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill established the Performance Management Review Board. The Review Board plays a very important role in assuring the fairness of the performance management program.

The Review Board is made up of permanent employees who are assigned to three-member Panels to hear the second level of appeal when an SPA employee believes that the overall evaluation, the rating on one or more principal functions or the comments in the annual performance review are inaccurate or unwarranted. The Panel:

• Reviews information from the employee and the employee's department about the performance review and the appeal;
• Conducts a hearing to collect additional information, give both sides of the disagreement an opportunity to present information, and clarify the facts of the appeal;
• Evaluates the written information and the information presented during the hearing to determine issues such as departmental compliance with the Performance Management Program, the validity of the performance ratings assigned, and the propriety of other comments included in the evaluation; and
• Sends a written report to the Chancellor, specifying the facts of the appeal and recommending a resolution of the appeal.

We are asking for your assistance in identifying employees to serve on the Review Board. We especially need Non-Supervisory employees. The people we are looking for have the following characteristics:

• Objectivity. They have no preconceived belief that one side of the appeal is right or wrong.
• Clear-Thinking: They can review information, organize it, and reach reasonable conclusions supported by the information presented to them.
• Strong Organization Skills. They must be able to track many written documents, oral statements, and what often appear to be conflicting "facts" an appeal.
• Strong writing skills that will help them prepare a recommendation to the Chancellor for resolving the appeal and write other correspondence.
• They have a desire to perform an important service to the University and its employees and managers.

If you know of people who possess the characteristics described above and would like to nominate them for the Review Board, please discuss this activity with them. If they are interested in serving, please complete the attached nomination form and return it to me via campus mail, complete the attachment and send it to me via campus mail, C13 1040. If you are receiving this via email, return the completed form to Ken_Litowsky@unc.eduas an email attachment.

If you have any questions, please let me know. I can be reached at 962-3894, by FAX at 962-1065, or via email at Ken_Litowsky@unc.edu Thank you for your assistance.
 
 

Nomination Form