Published: Friday September 4, 2009 MYT 4:08:00 PM
First phase of Govt’s KPI move complete
By DHARMENDER SINGH
PUTRAJAYA: The first phase of the Key Performance Index (KPI) initiative by the Government involving planning, development and alignment has already been completed, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon.
Dr Koh said the completion of the first phase, which saw a concerted effort by all the parties concerned over the last five months, meant that the initiative would now move into the more intensive and challenging phase of execution and implementation.
The first phase involved outlining the six national Key Result Areas (KRAs) and the appointment of six lead ministers responsible for implementing them and the formulation of KPI targets and implementation plans.
“All 28 ministers have also identified their major ministerial KRAs and sub-national KRAs and ministerial KPIs that will go into full implementation after the first review by the Prime Minister in November and December,” he said in a press statement on Friday.
He said the 38 secretaries-general and directors-general from key agencies had also begun aligning or re-aligning their KPIs with the national and ministerial KPIs and KRAs.
The over 500 officers from various ministries and agencies exposed to the basics of the KPI methodology through involvement in the process would also be given further training so that they can act as agents of change in their respective places of work, he said.
Koh said the Project Management Team (PMT) that was responsible for formulating the KPI initiative since April this year would now be merged into a new unit under the Prime Minister’s Department called the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu).
Recently appointed Minister to the PM’s Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala was also appointed Pemandu CEO, with Dr Koh acting as chairman.
Jala, who has been involved with PMT since April, said he was ready to tackle his tasks although driving the performance management through KPIs for the entire government, including ministers, was a massive exercise that was more challenging than what he had experienced at the helm of Malaysia Airlines and Shell.
However, he said he was impressed with the remarkable progress shown by ministers as in the corporate world it would usually take several cycles over two to four years to fine-tune such an exercise.
“At the four Cabinet workshops (on the KPI exercise), I was also most impressed with the Prime Minister’s focus and firmness and the commitment and active participation from all ministers and top civil servants,” he said.
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