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oRt 2012 AnnuAl RePoRt - Quality and Productivity Commission
oRt 2012 AnnuAl RePoRt - Quality and Productivity Commission
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Mission Statement and Strategic Goals<br />
develop leadership strategies, as well as<br />
support and promote the countywide Strategic<br />
Plan<br />
6. It is the objective of the Commission to<br />
distinguish department practices that solve<br />
complex problems, create financial benefits,<br />
and provide quality service.<br />
c Distributed the fourth annual “Shared Practices<br />
Report” to the Supervisors, department heads,<br />
and County managers<br />
c Conducted a “Shared Practices” survey to<br />
identify those practices that have served as a<br />
model for other departments<br />
7. It is the objective of the Commission to publish<br />
an electronic newsletter and annual report that<br />
provide County departments with quality and<br />
productivity achievements. The newsletter<br />
and annual report also list loans and grants to<br />
departments that support various projects.<br />
c Published two comprehensive e-newsletters<br />
highlighting programs and activities and<br />
spotlighting Productivity Managers’ Network<br />
c Published a 2011 Annual Report and distributed<br />
it to more than 500 County employees and<br />
residents<br />
c Distributed publications to Board offices,<br />
department heads, productivity managers,<br />
County commissions, committees, and<br />
advisory boards<br />
8. It is the objective of the Commission to keep the<br />
Board of Supervisors and the Chief Executive<br />
Officer (CEO) informed of Commission<br />
activities, grant and loan approvals, and total<br />
savings gained from quality and productivity<br />
projects.<br />
c Published summaries of department visits,<br />
Productivity Investment Funds awards<br />
and Productivity and Quality awards in the<br />
Commission e-Newsletter, Quality Matters, and<br />
annual report distributed to the Board offices,<br />
the CEO, department heads, and productivity<br />
managers<br />
c Provided periodic updates of Commission<br />
activities to the Board of Supervisors and<br />
Board Deputies<br />
9. It is the objective of the Commission to maintain<br />
strong supportive committees that will provide<br />
information, policy recommendations, and<br />
solutions to enable the Commission to better<br />
serve County departments.<br />
c Department Visit Committee<br />
C Visited with 13 department heads and<br />
staff<br />
C Shared interdepartmental challenges<br />
or areas of common interest<br />
c Productivity Investment Board<br />
C Held five quarterly meetings<br />
C Reviewed 18 Productivity Investment<br />
Fund applications<br />
C Recommended funding for nine<br />
Productivity Investment Fund projects<br />
c Promotion Committee<br />
C Publicized the 26th annual PQA event<br />
with a press release, web streaming,<br />
a video clip on the County Channel,<br />
program and video on <strong>QP</strong>C website,<br />
and an article in the County’s Digest<br />
C Promoted the 10th Annual<br />
Commissioners’Leadership<br />
Conference with web-streaming and<br />
article in the County Digest and on<br />
the <strong>QP</strong>C website<br />
C Published articles in the Quality and<br />
Productivity Commission e-newsletter<br />
Quality Matters promoting the<br />
Commissioners’ Leadership<br />
Conference, the Productivity and<br />
Quality Awards Program, Productivity<br />
Investment Fund, and Shared<br />
Practices<br />
c Strategic Foresight Working Group<br />
C Researched potential partnerships<br />
to expand the Commission’s reach<br />
and opportunities to enhance quality<br />
and productivity<br />
c Commissioners’ Leadership Conference<br />
Committee<br />
C Successfully planned and implemented<br />
the 2012 Commissioners’ Leadership<br />
Conference<br />
Quality and Productivity Annual Report 2012<br />
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