An evaluation of the implementation of the Provincial performance management and development system policy in the Department of Economic Development and Tourism

[摘要] The Public service has devoted time end resources establishing policies andregulations, as tools, to facilitate the implementation and management strategicobjectives towards effective, efficient, economic and accountable servicedelivery. The implementation of these policies can have negative effects on theemployees if the implementation thereof is not well implemented and monitored.One such policy is the North West Province Performance Management andDevelopment System (PMOS). The Office of the Premier (Directorate ofTransformation) have conducted training on PMOS. The province introduced aguide for the implementation of the PMOS policy. It becomes necessary to poseand assess the effectiveness of the management of the implementation of thispolicy. The study focused in the Department of Economic Development and Tourism,based in Mafikeng. Data was collected by means of questionnaires fromemployees in the department and were analyzed by the use of StatisticalPackage for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study revealed that there is a dire need for empowering employees on PMOSto ease the problems and shortcoming that were revealed by the study.Respective line managers see performance assessment as somebody else's job.There is also a need for senior managers to take a lead in the management ofthe PMOS policy.

[发布机构] North-West University