{"slug":"approve-and-issue-offer","name":"Approve and Issue the Offer","family":"Hiring System","version":"0.1.0","status":"draft","note":"draft reference — not a fitted standard","summary":"Convert an authorized selection into one complete, affordable, approved, and version-controlled employment offer.","purpose":"Preserve the integrity of the role, selection, compensation, and employment decisions while giving the candidate a clear and timely offer experience.","steps":[{"sequence":1,"name":"Confirm the offer intake","purpose":"Admit only a valid selection and current decision parameters."},{"sequence":2,"name":"Construct the complete offer","purpose":"Create one internally coherent statement of authorized commitments and conditions."},{"sequence":3,"name":"Review and approve the offer","purpose":"Obtain explicit authority for cost, consistency, risk, and any deviation before presentation."},{"sequence":4,"name":"Present and explain the offer","purpose":"Give the candidate an accurate, respectful, and usable decision experience."},{"sequence":5,"name":"Control negotiation and changes","purpose":"Respond without losing authority, consistency, or version integrity."},{"sequence":6,"name":"Close and hand off the decision","purpose":"Turn the candidate response into an unambiguous next operating state."}],"connections":[{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Assess and Select Candidates","processSlug":"assess-and-select-candidates","trigger":"The offer owner accepts the decision package."},{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Establish Compensation Range and Employment Parameters","processSlug":"establish-compensation-range","trigger":"A selected candidate advances to offer."},{"direction":"downstream","processName":"Onboard the New Hire","processSlug":"onboard-new-hire","trigger":"The accepted offer is complete enough for onboarding planning."}],"plannedConnections":[],"measures":[{"name":"Offer outcome pattern","definition":"Accepted, declined, withdrawn, and expired offers by relevant context; descriptive and not a causal measure of offer quality.","cadence":"Monthly or per hiring cycle"},{"name":"Offer package completeness","definition":"Issued offers satisfying required controls divided by all issued offers.","cadence":"Per offer"},{"name":"Selection-to-offer time","definition":"Elapsed time from offer-intake acceptance to first authorized issue, separated into work and wait time where useful.","cadence":"Weekly while active"},{"name":"Approved-version use","definition":"Candidate-facing offer events linked to an approved active version divided by all offer events.","cadence":"Per offer"},{"name":"Offer deviation pattern","definition":"Requested, approved, rejected, and communicated deviations by component, cause, role, and authority.","cadence":"Quarterly"},{"name":"Offer consistency and candidate-treatment guardrail","definition":"Qualified review of comparable offer decisions and candidate feedback; not a legal conclusion.","cadence":"Per cycle and periodic qualified review"}]}