Effective Coordination - State Services Commission
Effective Coordination - State Services Commission
Effective Coordination - State Services Commission
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TRANSFORMING THE STATE SERVICES<br />
Behaviours<br />
For effective coordination, <strong>State</strong> servants need the<br />
right skills and competencies to work collaboratively;<br />
over time they must come to share common culture,<br />
language and values; and the culture of their respective<br />
organisations must support them to do so.<br />
Moving forward, the SSC will promote and extend<br />
these success factors across the <strong>State</strong> <strong>Services</strong> to assist<br />
progress towards the Coordinated <strong>State</strong> Agencies goal.<br />
Where we are now<br />
There has been progress in both the behaviours<br />
exhibited by <strong>State</strong> servants and the systems used<br />
to support coordination. Managing for Outcomes<br />
thinking has improved as <strong>State</strong> agencies engage<br />
with non-traditional partners, building compelling<br />
performance stories and linking coordinated<br />
activities with the shared interest of achieving<br />
government priorities.<br />
While the 2007 milestone has been achieved, more<br />
progress needs to be made in certain areas:<br />
1 Agencies need to articulate their expected<br />
performance consistently. That is, they should<br />
be setting effective performance measures that<br />
demonstrate the links between outputs, impacts and<br />
Priority actions<br />
outcomes. Better articulation will lead to stronger<br />
reporting of actual performance<br />
2 Improvements are needed in engagements with<br />
Ministers so that there is better alignment between<br />
Ministerial priorities and agency shared interests<br />
3 There needs to be more focus on those capability<br />
aspects that support coordination.<br />
Central agencies will continue to support <strong>State</strong><br />
agencies to improve their focus on, and alignment<br />
with, Ministerial priorities and to provide information<br />
demonstrating tangible results for New Zealanders.<br />
Significant advances are expected closer to the 2010<br />
milestone.<br />
COORDINATED<br />
To achieve this goal and the 2010 milestone, agencies need to ensure:<br />
They improve the articulation of performance for coordinated activities, by<br />
developing appropriate performance measures and monitoring performance<br />
Their coordinated activity provides effectiveness and efficiency gains in<br />
achieving shared results<br />
They focus on developing skills and capabilities that support coordination<br />
They effectively engage with Ministers to understand Government priorities,<br />
and work with other agencies where there is a shared interest in achieving<br />
those priorities<br />
They contribute to creating an all-of-government culture through progressing<br />
the Development Goals for the <strong>State</strong> <strong>Services</strong>.<br />
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