Purpose:

At UMaine, Performance Management is an ongoing process that reflects the University’s commitment to our employees’ growth and success. Performance Management involves three essential components:

• An up-to-date job description.
• An ongoing cycle of meaningful and effective feedback and communication.
• A written assessment, produced after the first six months of a new employee’s hire and every year thereafter.

Performance Management is intended to help you and your employee:

• Establish mutually understood performance expectations/goals.
• Provide feedback on accomplishments and improvement areas.
• Develop a plan for the following year’s job performance.
• Successfully recognize, support, and enhance the contribution of the employee toward the realization of personal, professional, departmental, and institutional goals.

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