The Public Sector Performance Commission
The Public Sector Performance Commission (PSPC) ensures that South Australians benefit from a high performing public sector regarded as amongst the best of its kind. The PSPC works to provide the building blocks and momentum to support collaboration across agencies and within the community, through business, education, and national and local government.
Transforming Culture - Creating public facing organisations
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The Public Sector Performance Commission is pleased to announce the next seminar in its ‘Challenging the Public Sector’ series in partnership with the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG).
Transforming Culture – Creating public facing organisations
To meet changing public needs we must drive to the very core of the organisation and its people. Government agencies must look outward to be public facing organisations that are capable, dynamic and able to respond to the changing world around them.
This seminar will feature Jerome Maguire, Chief Executive of the Department of Justice, and Felicity-ann Lewis, Mayor of the City of Marion, discussing how changing organisational culture can be harnessed to improve services to the community.
Read more: Transforming Culture - Creating public facing organisations
Leading Practice Seminar series 2010
Throughout Public Sector Week 2009 the Public Sector Performance Commission presented a series of seminars by agencies highlighting leading practices in key areas of organisational performance. Over 200 attendees participated in presentations from the Office of the Chief Information Officer, the Department for Families and Communities, the Department for Environment and Heritage, the Land Services Group and PIRSA on the topics of Collaborative Architecture, Workforce Planning, Climate Surveys, Lean Thinking, and Innovation.Â
The Leading Practice Seminar series will continue through the first half of 2010, beginning in February. The topics are currently being planned and we welcome your input on what you would like to see discussed.
All suggestions and enquiries regarding this series should be forwarded to Dan Butler at the PSPC, either by telephone on 8204 9972, or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The Peaks and Potholes of Performance Management
On 16 November the Public Sector Performance Commission and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government ‘Challenging the Public Sector’seminar series presented Prof Jim McDavid and Jeff Tryens discussing the challenges of instituting meaningful performance management and reporting systems, particularly in the context of South Australia’s newly announced High Performance Framework.
Over 230 public sector employees attended the seminar, and for those who were unable to attend the presentation, slides are available for download.
Nov 2009 - Leading Practice Seminars
During Public Sector Week 2009, the PSPC will present its inaugural series of informal seminars on practices that are in the forefront of public sector performance excellence.Â
The 2009 Leading Practice Seminars will bring together people from different agencies to discuss key issues and share good ideas for improving government performance.
This is an excellent opportunity for public sector specialists - and those with a general interest in organisational practice - to learn from, and engage with, practitioners who are leaders in their fields.
Introducing SA’s New High Performance Framework
On Monday 26 October Cabinet approved a pilot program to introduce a new generic approach to continuous improvement, called SA’s High Performance Framework, in all major departments by May 2010. This cooperative program between agencies and the Public Sector Performance Commission will establish performance baselines, identify opportunities for improvement, propose key performance indicators to measure progress, and begin the process of embedding a culture of continuous improvement within agencies.
Read more: Introducing SA’s New High Performance Framework
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