Executive Development and Selection

June 28, 1966 REVENUE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 06-66 SUBJECT : Executive Development and Selection Program Objectives In order to install carefully selected, high quality officials in executive positions in the Bureau, to insulate, in a sense, the Bureau of Internal Revenue from outside influences over appointments to key positions, and to develop and up-grade the skills of revenue officials for executive leadership so as to maintain a corps of good managers at the Bureau's helm, and at the same time lend meaning to the merit system of the Bureau,- there is hereby established an Executive Development and Selection Program. cdti To carry out the objectives of the Program, there is hereby created an Executive Selection Board (hereinafter referred to as "Board"). Board Functions and Responsibilities The main functions and responsibilities of the Board shall be to: 1. Evaluate, for the Commissioner, the merit and potentialities of candidates for appointment, transfer or designation to positions with WAPCO allocations of Range 42 and above; 2. Screen, for the Commissioner, officials to receive special training for executive positions; 3. Coordinate with officials of the Bureau in designing executive training courses; 4. Establish criteria or standards for executive development or selection where these are not pronounced or specified; 5. Interpret personnel rules and regulations and Bureau policies on executive development and selection; 6. Apply written qualification standards for positions within its concern; 7. Evaluate results of executive training programs on Bureau operations and decisions; 8. Call for any record relevant to cases under deliberation whenever such record is important and necessary for decision-making. Board decisions are advisory in nature only. Names of candidates selected for promotion, transfer or designation to key positions shall be submitted to the Commissioner for final decision. Board Composition To represent a cross-section of mature, Bureau-wide judgment, the Board shall be composed of the Deputy Commissioner and all heads of departments in the Bureau as permanent members. Any regional director with jurisdiction over a position to be deliberate upon may be invited to serve on the Board as temporary member but his membership shall only be for the duration of the deliberation of such position. The Deputy Commissioner shall be the Chairman of the Board. In the absence of the Chairman during meetings of the Board, the Revenue Operations Head (Assessment) shall preside. In the absence of a Revenue Operations Head, his assistant will sit in the Board in the former's stead. The Chief, Personnel Division shall be the Executive Secretary of the Board. To expedite the deliberations of all matters that will come to the Board, the Chairman may appoint a committee or committees of not more than three (3) members each with any of the members of the Board as chairman and any assistant revenue operations head as a member thereof to study matters the Committee might decide to delegate. The function of the sub-committee is, however, fact finding in nature only. Executive Training Executive training courses shall be developed with the aim of creating a career executive corps for the Bureau. Those courses shall include classroom lectures readings, work situation exposures and field trips and such subjects as: Management and administration, including personnel administration; Broad principles of taxation; Policies, programs, and operations of the BIR; National, fiscal budget, and legislative processes. The objective envisioned in these courses is not necessarily to make the trainees experts in the foregoing field but to give them a feel and appreciation for them. In general, it is intended to broaded their horizon and executive perspective. cdt The period of training will be as long as necessary, during which time the participants will be completely detached from their regular positions. At the end of the training period, the participants will return to their regular positions. For more intensive instructions, classes will be limited to 20-25 BIR trainees. The Finance Academy facilities may be used for the training. After the executive training program has been in operation for one or two years, the qualification standards for positions covered by the Executive Selection Board may be amended to include, as a requirement, successful completion of the executive training course. Procedure for Nominating Candidates Candidates for promotion to executive positions and executive training will be nominated by Department Heads and Regional Directors under set standards and procedures. These should be publicized Bureau-wide. Calls for candidates will be announced from time to time by the Commissioner. This Order revokes Revenue Memorandum Order No. 46-65 and takes effect upon approval. (SGD.) MISAEL P. VERA Commissioner of Internal Revenue APPROVED: (SGD.) EDUARDO Z. ROMUALDEZ Secretary of Finance