A Review of Highway Agencies in the South Asia Region

A Review of Highway Agencies in the South Asia Region
NZTA has a legal obligation to audit organizations that are funded through NLTP. The audits
typically take place in a cycle of two to four years. The audit program is published in May, in
time for the upcoming NLTP year which starts in July. The categories of audit are:
Post implementation reviews which examine the effectiveness of completed projects;
Procedural audits covering financial accountability, procurement, passenger transport;
Road infrastructure safety assessments which assess safety on the road network;
Technical reviews covering road network assets; and
Theme audits which examine topics affecting all organizations.
In addition, the Auditor-General performs yearly audits focusing on the financial position of
NZTA.
Risk Management
Over the course of the last few years, NZTA has continued to advance the implementation
of risk management, building on the work of the predecessor organizations. The
implementation supports decision-making and provides confidence in achieving the
objectives. An NZTA risk management approach has been adopted and a strategic risk
profile and plan initiated with the Senior Leadership Team, with oversight from the Board
Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee. Risk management is actively encouraged at all
management tiers and for all critical activities performed by or for NZTA.
C.2.4 Human Resource Management, Knowledge Development and Research
As already mentioned earlier, NZTA consists of six business groups. In total some 1,400
employees work for NZTA (Figure C11) 40 .
Figure C11: Overview of staff in different organizational units of NZTA
Number of full-time equivalent staff
Full-time equivalent staff
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40 NZTA (2009). Organizational profile. March 2010.
Highways &
Network
Operations
Organizational
Support
Agreed establishment
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People &
Capability
Actual
Regional
Partnership
& Planning
Senior
Leadership
Team
Strategy &
Performance