State Management Credentials Program required; purpose

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall establish a state management credentials program for state agency managers and employees on a career track to become agency managers. The state management credentials program shall include training opportunities for agency employees and training requirements for existing agency managers. The purpose of the state management credentials program is to insure that agency managers have the necessary training and skills to be effective leaders and team builders and to provide training in management skills as part of a professional development program for nonmanagement agency employees. To that end, the department shall: (1) Identify necessary job skills for state managers, including team-building skills; (2) Identify skills and training needs for state managers to meet workplace requirements in the future; (3) Identify incentives for employees to participate in the program; and (4) Identify continuing education resources in the public sector and through in-service training to implement the state management credentials program.