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The Missouri Relies on Everyone (MoRE) Employee Suggestion System is a
statewide initiative designed to give employees an opportunity to share their
ideas, suggestions or recommendations for increasing efficiencies, conserving
resources and reducing costs. Typically, during the review process, the
Agency Review Team carefully evaluates the merit of each eligible suggestion
based on originality, transferability, conservation of resources and the
ability of the agency to implement the suggestion.
Originality
One important aspect of the MoRE Program is the originality or novelty of the
suggestion. Consequently, the Review Team will evaluate each suggestion
according to the following: Is this an original idea or concept? Is
the idea the sole idea of the individual who submitted the suggestion? Is
the suggestion a creative idea, or primarily an improvement of an existing
process?
Note: Suggestions can not be from any prior
organizational development group such as a Missouri Results Initiative (MRI)
project, or any other team project current, previous or future.
Transferability
While not always a significant factor, the Review Team does consider what
applicability, if any, the suggestion may have for other state agencies.
Specifically, could another state agency secure the same type of result in
similar circumstances?
Conservation of Resources
Conserving, reducing or saving the State of Missouri's human or financial
resources is one of the fundamental goals of MoRE. Whenever possible,
individuals submitting suggestions must provide an estimate of how the
suggestion can or may save money, increase the effectiveness and efficiency of
a process or service, or generate additional revenue. Also, it is
important that the individual making the suggestion provide an estimate of the
cost for implementing his or her suggestion.
Agency Implementation
Regardless of how promising a suggestion may appear, the Review Team must also
consider the agency’s ability to implement the idea. Agencies must consider
several factors, including availability of resources, time, funding,
effectiveness and appropriateness to name a few, before committing existing
resources to a new idea. Accordingly, the Review Team must also consider
the Agency Evaluator(s) response to a particular suggestion. Is the
agency able to adequately evaluate or further develop the suggestion using the
information received? Can the agency accurately document savings generated as a
result of the suggestion? Bottom line – can the agency immediately commit
to implementing a particular suggestion?
Note: Individuals submitting a suggestion must ensure that his
or her application is complete, which means that he or she must include all
relevant information, which the Review Team will use to identify "winning"
suggestions.
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