2013_14 IDP Review.pdf - KZN Development Planning

SECTION H: ORGANISATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL PERFOMANCEMANAGEMENT SYSTEM1. ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMPerformance Management is a strategic approach to management, which equipleaders, managers, employees and stakeholders at different levels with a set of toolsand techniques to regularly plan, continuously monitor, periodically measure andreview performance of the organisation in terms of indicators and targets for efficiency,effectiveness and impact.Chapter 6: of the Municipal Systems Act (No 32 of 2000) requires municipalities to:Develop a performance management system;• Set targets, monitor and review performance based on indicators linked to theirIDP;• Publish an annual report on performance for the councillors, staff, the publicand other spheres of government;• Incorporate and report on a set of general indicators prescribed nationally bythe minister responsible for local government;• Have their annual performance report audited by the Auditor-General; and• Involve the community in setting indicators and targets and reviewing municipalperformance.2001: Municipal Planning and Performance Regulations states that:Performance Management System must entail a Framework that describes andrepresent how the municipality’s cycle and process of performancemanagement, including measurement, review, reporting and improvement, willbe conducted;Draft 2013/2014 IDP Review Page 291Prepared by Umzinyathi District Municipality22 March 2013