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2) To identify outstanding accomplishment, best practices of employees on a continuing
basis;

3) To recognize and reward accomplishments and innovations periodically or as the need
arises;

4) To provide incentives and interventions to motivate employees who have contributed
ideas, suggestions, inventions, discoveries, superior accomplishments and other personal
efforts.

III. SCOPE

1) The System shall apply to all faculty of the University.

2) The System shall be institutionalized through the creation of a PRAISE Committee in the
University.

IV. COMPOSITION OF PRAISE COMMITTEE

The PRAISE Committee shall have the following composition:

a. President/Vice-President of the University or authorized representative who will act
as chairperson;

b. Head of the financial unit or equivalent;

c. Head of the planning unit or equivalent;

d. Highest ranking employee in charge of human resource management or the career
service employee directly responsible for personnel management; and

e. Two (2) representatives from the CSC-accredited faculty association who shall serve
for two years and elected at large or designated by the registered faculty
association/union in the absence of an accredited faculty association/union.

f. The Human Resource Management Unit shall serve as the System’s Secretariat.

V. DEFINITION OF TERMS

1) Agency – refers to the Isabela State University;

2) Award – recognition which may be monetary (incentive award) or non-monetary (honor
awards) conferred on individual or group of individuals for ideas, suggestions, inventions,