Designing a Performance Management Framework
Do you have a robust Performance Management Framework (PMF) in place?
You may or may not have the system but are you managing your resources (people, money and assets) in the most effective way? Are all your staff focused on your corporate priorities or are people still doing what they have always done?
A PMF is a set of techniques, within a comprehensive framework, focused on ensuring everyone in the organisation works together to the best of their ability, in a creative and efficient way, to deliver the organisation’s objectives. Performance management provides an approach to prioritisation, and raises productivity through creating a culture of excellence, effectiveness and high levels of motivation.
We want to support you in developing a robust, resource effective and efficient PMF.
Talk to us...
Our consultants have significant experience in a corporate performance environment
in a range of organisations and business sectors.
Tell us where you think you are at with your culture and where you’d like to be.
Ring the Account Management Team now for an informal discussion 01823 323239 or email am@covalentsoftware.com
Our Performance Management Review:
- Examines how performance is currently managed within your Authority and how it could be improved
- Analyses how performance is managed at the operational, tactical and strategic levels from people, process, structures and technology perspectives
- Assesses how you work in partnership to maximise the use of shared resources and measure your joint impact on public service delivery
The Performance Management Review process
We will assess your:
- Organisational and performance management culture
- Communication of goals and objectives
- Management of business processes, resources, risks and initiatives
- Quality of management information, decision making processes, job roles and organisational structure
Benefits
- Your PMF. Highlight the effectiveness of your PMF–is your input making a difference to an outcome?
- Your Organisation. Ensure commitment to excellent performance across your organisations and with your Councillors/Board
- Your Performance. Gain ‘quick wins’ for improving performance
- Your Investments. Maximise the use of existing investments in technology
- Your Resources. Minimise the resources in data collection and maximise the resources in taking action from data analysis
- Your Decision Making. Streamline performance with risk and finance to provide holistic and robust decision makingEnsure customer/partner consultation drives decision-making processes
Deliverables
| Purpose. We will ensure your vision is clearly articulated within all your strategies and plans. This provides a clear purpose for being; priorities for action and resource commitment; and establish a ‘golden thread’ throughout the organisation. |
Process. Ensure your data is being used in effective decision making. We will assess the effectiveness of your performance processes and systems and recommend improvements to contribute to your efficiency target. |
People. We will assess accountability and ownership, to make certain that performance is managed atthe right levels in the organisation at the right time. |
| Performance. We will maximise your approach to target setting, reporting and monitoring, and check that your performance links appropriately to your financial and risk management approaches. |
Partnerships. We will look at your approach to performance to ensure that it is shared with partners and is aligned with Local Strategic Partnership expectations. |
PR. We will provide a communications strategy to promote your successes both internally and externally. |