"Pretoria – Management practices within government are no worse in the provinces than they are at national level. And when it comes to quality of management practices, the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, national departments (as a group) and the Free State come out tops; while North West and the Eastern Cape hold the record for the worst management systems. The top five national departments in terms of management performance assessment scores are: the Department of Science and Technology; the Department of Trade and Industry; the Department of Environmental Affairs; National Treasury and the Department of Mineral Resources. This according to the report on management performance conducted across all 156 national and provincial departments for the 2012/2013 financial year. The report, conducted by the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), aims to assist departments to improve their management practices in order to improve service delivery. “We are doing these assessments because we believe some of the weaknesses in management practices are the cause of some service delivery problems. These may include for example the textbook delivery problems that have occurred in some provinces, the occasional shortages of Anti Retrovirals (ARVs) in some provinces, and undermining of our small business development policy through non-payment of suppliers within 30 days,” said the Presidency in a statement on Wednesday. The statement did go on to note that management performance assessments provide insight into only one aspect of the total performance of a department. A report on the worst performing departments has been presented to Cabinet, which made the decision to implement improvement plans for these departments. Cabinet also decided that National Treasury and Department of Public Service and Administration should investigate the reasons for very low levels of compliance against certain management standards, and review the relevant regulatory frameworks or provide additional support to departments in these areas."
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:48:27 +0000
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