Annual Report 2005 - The Office of Public Works

Key Objectives Performance 2005 Progress Comment
Indicator
8. continued staff at local level
within Business Units.
- Communications
Work Group began
to address the issue
of improving
communications
within OPW;
- Merit Award group
organised events to
reward good staff
performance.
• New Regional
structures set up in
West / South West;
• Annual Work
Programme prepared
and published.
9.
To continue to
modernise the Human
Resource function so as
to better meet the
needs of the staff of
OPW and the skills and
human resources
requirements of the
business.
• Implementation of
new HR Strategy
• Embedding PMDS
• The Partnership HRM
Working Group
continued to meet
throughout the year
to develop an agreed
HRM Strategy draft.
• Specific action was
taken throughout
2005 to reinforce
PMDS practice using
the mechanism of
Sustaining
During 2005, the
Partnership HRM
Working Group decided
to refocus the HRM
Strategy with a view to
scaling back on the
scope of the original
proposal. It will now
have a timeframe up to
Q1 2008 and in terms of
action items, will
concentrate on short
term issues which are
achievable within the
decentralisation context.
The process of
continuing to establish
PMDS as a mainstream
management function
will continue in 2006.
• Development of
Peoplesoft.
• It was agreed with
D/Finance that OPW
will be reached in the
implementation
rollout in May 2006.
The Peoplesoft project
is now being handled
centrally by CMOD and
rolled out progressively
by them to Departments
and Offices on a
shared services basis.
10.
To develop efficient
corporate reporting
arrangements to
disseminate critical
work activity and
financial information
and to support
informed and timely
decision-making.
• Implementation of MIF
• The new Financial
Management System
will go live in April
2006. This will be an
integral part of the
new system and will
be followed by later
phases in the
development of the
MIF which will expand
the role of the system
in the management of
the Office.
Progress has been made
in respect of making
tender / bid material
available electronically to
facilitate the contracting
community.
Advances have been
made locally within
Business Units where
preparations have been
made for the delivery of
e-services; this includes
the regular provision of
material such as design
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