(a)(i)(ii)(iii) Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) is mandated by the Medium Term Strategic Framework and Outcome 12 to develop an Operations Management Framework (OMF) and to provide institutional support on the implementation thereof to selected national and provincial Government departments on an annual basis.
In pursuance of that mandate, the Chief Directorate: Operations Management of the DPSA developed an Operations Management Framework with supporting toolkits which includes amongst others includes Business Process Management and Standard Operating Procedures.
In the 2015-16 financial year, DPSA focused on the National Department of Labour, the Social Development Sector and the Transport Sector. Business Process Maps and Standard Operating Procedures were developed for these Departments as follows:
Labour:
No. |
Branch |
Core Service |
1 |
Inspection and Enforcement Service (IES) |
|
2 |
Public Employment Services (PES) |
|
3 |
Labour Practice and International Relations (LPIR) |
|
4. |
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) |
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5. |
Compensation Fund (CF) |
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Social Development:
Transport:
The DPSA provided institutional support and/or advice to other departments on the Operations Management value chain. A list of departments is provided hereunder:
No. |
Name of the Government Department/ Component/ Institution |
1 |
Gauteng Department of Health |
2 |
National Department of Health |
3 |
Batho Pele Forum |
4 |
Free State — Office of the Premier |
5 |
Mineral Resources |
6 |
Military Veterans |
7 |
Department of Corporative Governance |
8 |
KZN — Arts and Culture |
9 |
National School of Government |
10 |
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development |
11 |
Eastern Cape — Safety and Security |
12 |
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services |
13 |
KZN —Education |
14 |
Correctional Services Inspector Judge |
15 |
Northern Cape — Office of the Premier |
16 |
Batho Pele Standards Steering Committee |
17 |
Department of Trade and Industry |
18 |
KZN — Office of the Premier |
19 |
Human Settlements |
20 |
Parliamentary Budget Office |
21 |
Agriculture and Rural Development |
22 |
Ministry: Public Service and Administration |
23 |
National Consumer Commission |
24 |
Independent Police Investigative Directorate |
25 |
Agriculture — Mpumalanga |
26 |
Gauteng Office of the Premier |
27 |
Northern Cape Provincial Treasury |
(b) (i) (ii) (iii)
(i) The Strategy on the Provision of targeted support to Departments was developed by the DPSA to coordinate targeted support to government departments in line with the mandate of the MPSA outlined in section 3 (6) of the Public Service Act, 1994 as amended by the Public Service Amendment Act 30 of 2007.
The Strategy on the Provision of targeted support to Departments is delivered in phases and the Initiation phase of the strategy looks at three key areas:
The targeted support on year one focused on Pro Active requests from departments for support and the requests received were on Organisational Design support. Received requests on Organisational Design from 43 sectors, 25 were finalised and 11 in progress, attached at Annexure B. The Strategy on the Provision of targeted support to Departments has been approved for implementation.
(ii) With regard to poor performing departments, a presentation was made to the North West province on their performance against outcome 12 and it was agreed that the Province will be assisted in the new financial year on their Service Delivery Improvement Plans (SDIPs), and together with National Treasury assist the Province in unblocking the challenge of 30 day payment to suppliers.
(iii) Extensive consultations were held within DPSA and with National and Provincial departments. The draft strategy was finally presented at the Governance and Administration cluster on 01 October 2015 for endorsement and support.