§ 470.201 Purposes of research programs

5 CFR 470.201The purposes of research programs undertaken under this subpart are to stimulate and conduct personnel management research which:

5 CFR 470.201(a)(a) Develops new knowledge, techniques, and materials about personnel management;

5 CFR 470.201(b)(b) Seeks solutions to personnel management problems;

5 CFR 470.201(c)(c) Provides a factual base to support existing or proposed changes in personnel management policies, techniques, and materials;

5 CFR 470.201(d)(d) Modifies or develops personnel management systems which improve the management of the Federal Government's human resources;

5 CFR 470.201(e)(e) Gathers, makes explicit, systematizes, and transmits the knowledge and techniques of practicing managers for the guidance of others and as a factual basis for research needs determination;

5 CFR 470.201(f)(f) Develops new methods or provides new standards for conducting personnel management research; or

5 CFR 470.201(g)(g) Designs systems for the assessment and transmittal of relevant personnel management strategies.