Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA)

1. Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) Strategy to Enhance Quality and Use of HR Information 18 March 2008

2. Strategy to Enhance Quality and Use of HR Information Presentation Outline • Overview of Strategy • Objectives of the Strategy • 3 Fold Plan • Short Term • Medium Term • Long Term

3. Overview • Developmental Goals • Capacity to Deliver Developmental goals • Human Resource • Organisational Structures (Approved!!!) • Skills • Numbers • Financial • Processes (legislature, policies, etc) • Technology

4. Overview cont… • Development of HR Annual Reports as part of GWM&E • Evidenced Based Decision/Policy Making • MPSA • Cabinet Reports • Parliamentary Questions • Media Briefs

5. Objectives of the Strategy Information will only be maintained when used • Improve Use of HR Information • Address Data Quality issues • Promote Maintenance and Management of Information Systems

6. 3 Fold Plan: Short Term (PERSAL Checks and Balances) • What needs to be done • Delete posts vacant for >12 months • Block fields • Make fields mandatory • Checks and Balances between fields e.g. salary level correlate with post • Other system changes?

7. 3 Fold Plan: Medium Term (Alignment) • Assist departments to align organisational structures and data on PERSAL • Pilot with 1/several departments • Document the learnings • Produce a guideline • Allow HR budget to be 110% of approved structures • Allow HR budget to be proportional to Turnover Rate

8. 3 Fold Plan: Long Term (Enhance Utilisation of HR info) • Make HR Info Accessible • Promote the use HR info for decision making • Training

9. Training Strategy

10. Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) Thank You