The brief received from the Chief Executive was to design and introduce an appraisal process to incorporate the following elements:
| The final appraisal process would contain targets |
| Reviews would: |
| review relevance of objectives |
| review progress on objectives |
| discuss "how are you doing?" |
| discuss personal development |
| The final process would be simple, fit for purpose and be detailed
on no more than 4 sides |
| There would be no more than 9 objectives (targets) |
| 80% of objectives would be measurable |
| There would be no direct links into pay |
| As a principle everyone within the Authority should have an
appraisal, but initially the process would go down to Service
Manager level |
| It would be called Individual Performance Appraisal (although not solely about Performance) |