>>> sara@cfed.org 10/23/01 10:27AM
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Hello,
I would greatly appreciate any feedback on the
following:
We are working on a project at the Corporation for
Enterprise Development
(CFED) benchmarking outcomes and policies at the
state level that are
promoting asset building and asset protection for
state residents. Within
this "Assets Report Card" we are including
state policies that promote
business capital as one set of asset building
strategies. Within business
capital, one of our measures
evaluates employee ownership programs at the
state level.
In
this measure, we want to make sure that the program meets a
certain
threshold, so that we aren't praising a state that has an EO
program that
isn't good, or effective.
From reading John Logue's
recent article, I picked these out as requirements
for a quality EO state
program:
-disseminates info
-provides assistance with succession
planning
-encourages employee participation
Do you think this is a
decent standard, or do you have any suggestions on
what we should or should
not consider in determining a threshold for a
quality EO program? The
difficulty here is that we want to define a
standard for a quality program,
yet we don't want to overwhelm
state policymakers with requirements that
seem impossible for state
officials to consider.
The end
result of our project will be a set of criteria, where we can
"check" or
give credit to a state for having these elements in their
EO
program.
Suggestions on what you consider essential for an
effective EO program at
the state level would be greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Sara Lawrence
Sara
Lawrence
Corporation for Enterprise Development
123 West Main Street,
3rd Floor
Durham NC 27701
919.688.6444
http://www.cfed.org