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EFFECTIVE DATE: AUGUST 1, 1996; LATEST REVISION: JANUARY 24, 2014 PAGE 1 OF 5
West Virginia Division of Personnel
SUPERVISOR/MANAGER TRAINING PROGRAM
POLICY
I. PURPOSE: In order to ensure that public funds are expended judiciously and that public services are
provided in an effective and efficient manner, it is imperative that the supervisors and managers of public
employees and public programs are able to competently organize, direct, monitor, and evaluate the
personnel and programs for which they are responsible. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that all
supervisors and managers in all affiliated agencies possess the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to
successfully carry out the duties and responsibilities of their positions.
II. DEFINITIONS
A. Appointing Authority: For the purpose of this policy only, an appointing authority, or his or her
designee, is defined as an executive or administrative head of an agency who is authorized by
statute to appoint employees in the classified or classified-exempt service.
B. Supervisor/Manager: For the purposes of this policy only, a supervisor/manager is defined as an
exempt or classified employee who plans, schedules, assigns, reviews, and approves the work of at
least one subordinate employee and may also include such responsibility as initiating disciplinary
actions, approving sick and annual leave requests, conducting performance evaluations, and
recommending salary increases.
1. The employee oversees a formally designated organizational unit that requires extended
planning of work activities, control of resources, and all the means used to accomplish work
within the assigned area of responsibility.
2. The employee coordinates the work of the unit with the agency and external interest groups
and is held accountable for establishing and meeting the objectives and goals of the unit.
3. This definition shall not provide other entitlements to the incumbent under federal or State
laws or under the West Virginia Division of Personnel Administrative Rule.
C. Newly Appointed: Exempt or classified persons who are placed into a supervisory or managerial
position through an original appointment, reclassification, reallocation, demotion, promotion,
transfer, lateral class change, or assignment of supervisory duties.
III. POLICY
A. It is the policy of the West Virginia Division of Personnel that, in addition to meeting the minimum
requirements of the positions into which they have been placed, all supervisors/managers in all
affiliated agencies should successfully complete the Supervisor/Manager Training Program
established by this policy.
1. This policy is applicable to all supervisors/managers, without regard to prior experience or
reporting level in the organization.
2. The Supervisor/Manager Training Program consists of specialized courses of study that are
designed to prepare public supervisors/managers to function effectively in the workplace
and serve competently as stewards of the public’s trust.