2005 California Government Code Sections 13877-13881 CHAPTER 11. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT

13877.  It shall be the function of the department to provide
consultation and co-ordination to the departments and agencies of the
state government with respect to organization planning and the
development and application of controls over manpower and costs, as
directed or requested to conduct studies in such fields, and in the
field of application of classifications to jobs and positions; and to
conduct research and exchange of information in the field of
management.
13878.  In the field of organization planning the department shall:
   (a) Counsel with, assist, and provide co-ordination to the heads
of state departments:
   (1) In the development and application of principles of sound
management.
   (2) In the development and implementation of plans of
organization.
   (3) In the preparation of organization charts to reflect current
approved organization structures.
   (b) Initiate recommendations for special studies to improve the
pattern of organization of the state government in all its parts.
13879.  In the field of manpower and costs control, the department
shall:
   (a) Counsel with and provide co-ordination to the heads of
departments in the development and application of effective controls
over manpower and administrative and operating costs.
   (b) Develop and foster the adoption of improved methods,
procedures, and performance standards to achieve more efficient
accomplishment of necessary work and more effective utilization of
manpower.
   (c) Counsel with and provide co-ordination to the heads of
departments in the design of job and position content to ensure that
they are consistent with productivity and relative importance to the
state government.
   (d) Maintain authoritative current records of actual employment of
approved manpower allowables or manning tables for each state agency
and in such form that they may be compared and reconciled with
manpower allowables.
   (e) At appropriate intervals, report on the effectiveness of
manpower and cost control measures by each state agency.
   (f) As directed or requested, conducts studies of the manpower of
departments and agencies of the state government, or of any of their
components, as a basis for recommending improved manpower
utilization, methods, procedures, and performance standards, the
elimination of unnecessary or duplicative work and wasteful
practices, and the adjustment of the work force to the established
workload.
13880.  In the field of organization research, the department shall:
   (a) Counsel with and provide co-ordination to the heads of
departments on the internal exchange of information and experience
regarding management, organization, manpower, and cost control
problems and their solution.
   (b) Initiate or, as requested, conduct studies and exchanges of
information with other governmental agencies, with industry, and with
professional and educational institutions regarding management
subjects, publishing or circulating the results, as appropriate, for
the benefit of all or selected segments of the state government.
13881.  The department may:
   (a) Conduct such relationships with agencies of the governments of
municipalities, counties, other states, and the United States as are
appropriate in the discharge of its functions.
   (b) Conduct exchanges of management information and experience
with appropriate governmental agencies.
   (c) Co-ordinate its efforts with and seek the counsel of the
various agencies within the state government concerned with budget
analysis to obtain their views on methods of reducing budgets and
costs.
   (d) Conduct such relationships with business, industry, and
educational institutions as are appropriate in the discharge of its
functions.
   (e) Conduct correspondence and exchanges of information with, and
maintain memberships in appropriate professional and business
organizations to keep abreast of the latest and best management
thought and practice.
   (f) Maintain direct contact with and seek the counsel and support
of special boards, commissions, or committees from business and
industry created to foster the economical use of labor, materials,
and money in government.