Attracting and retaining competent career personnel.
• Motivating personnel to perform well.
• Creating incentives to improve performance.
• Maximizing the return in service relative to the economic investment.
• Making the plan internally consistent and externally competitive.
• Providing salaries commensurate with the kinds of personnel the organization requires.
• Establishing a compensation structure conducive to personal satisfaction.
• Minimizing union and individual grievances.
• Controlling an item that accounts for four-fifths of the system’s budget.
• Ensuring continuity of funds needed for an effective salary, wage, and benefits program.