California Government Code 13879 – In the field of manpower and costs control, the department …
In the field of manpower and costs control, the department shall:
(a) Counsel with and provide co-ordination to the heads of departments in the development and application of effective controls over manpower and administrative and operating costs.
Terms Used In California Government Code 13879
- department: refer to the Director and Department of Finance, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 13001
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- state agency: includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission. See California Government Code 11000
(b) Develop and foster the adoption of improved methods, procedures, and performance standards to achieve more efficient accomplishment of necessary work and more effective utilization of manpower.
(c) Counsel with and provide co-ordination to the heads of departments in the design of job and position content to ensure that they are consistent with productivity and relative importance to the state government.
(d) Maintain authoritative current records of actual employment of approved manpower allowables or manning tables for each state agency and in such form that they may be compared and reconciled with manpower allowables.
(e) At appropriate intervals, report on the effectiveness of manpower and cost control measures by each state agency.
(f) As directed or requested, conducts studies of the manpower of departments and agencies of the state government, or of any of their components, as a basis for recommending improved manpower utilization, methods, procedures, and performance standards, the elimination of unnecessary or duplicative work and wasteful practices, and the adjustment of the work force to the established workload.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1786.)