[20] in Staff Recognition
Requirements (Revised)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cecilia d'Oliveira)
Tue Jun 23 10:49:33 1992
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 10:48:49 EST
From: cec@MIT.EDU (Cecilia d'Oliveira)
To: thanks@MIT.EDU
1. The program should provide equal opportunity for all staff to be
recognized for their accomplishments.
2. The criteria for recognition should be developed and communicated.
3. The program should not recognize "trivial things".
4. The program ought to encourage (and facilitate) both informal "thank
yous" and more formal recognition.
5. Staff input should be sought regularly for ideas and for feedback about
the program.
6. KISS -- keep it simple, stupid.
7. The program should not replace existing processes such as the annual
review or positive feedback from managers to staff.
8. Formal recognition of a staff member must be approved by that
individual's manager.
9. Formal recognition should be documented in an employee's departmental
personnel records.
