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Productivity SA - Inspiring a Culture of Productivity in South Africa

This presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Labour provides an overview of Productivity SA's vision and mission, key focus areas for 2007/8, achievements, and future plans. It highlights initiatives to inspire a culture of productivity, enhance productivity skills, improve public sector productivity, provide turnaround solutions for companies, and promote industry collaborations and strategies.

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Productivity SA - Inspiring a Culture of Productivity in South Africa

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  1. PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON LABOUR ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTATION (2007/8) 28 January 2009

  2. VISION AND MISSION VISION • To be South Africa’s productivity champion to achieve sustainable socio-economic development. Mission • Productivity SA is a tripartite organization dedicated to the development and enhancement of South Africa’s productivity by unleashing the spirit of continuous productivity improvement in all South Africans.

  3. KEY FOCUS AREAS FOR 2007/8 • Inspiring a culture of Productivity among South Africans • Productivity Knowledge and Information • Enhancing Productivity Skills and Competencies • Public Sector Productivity • Turnaround solutions for companies • Industry sector collaborations and strategies • Corporate Services

  4. INSPIRING A CULTURE OF PRODUCTIVITY AMONGST SOUTH AFRICANS

  5. Objectives Achievements Launch of New Corporate Identity Productivity Movement campaign Productivity month Productivity awards Media and advertising campaign Awareness workshops Productivity in Schools International Partnerships INSPIRING A CULTURE OF PRODUCTIVITY • To promote understanding and importance of productivity in South Africa • Cultivating a Productive attitude among learners and teachers • To create a forum for exchange of productivity knowledge and skills locally, regionally and internationally

  6. New Corporate Identity National Productivity Institute

  7. Rational for the New Brand

  8. Objectives Achievements National Productivity Schools debates Productivity games (university of JHB) Productivity indaba (Partnership with Limpopo dept of Economic dev.) National Productivity Awards Some of the finalists: Corporate Sector: Smiths Plastics (Pty) Ltd Emerging Sector: Meadow Feeds Paarl Public Sector: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Productivity Month • To establish a productivity mindset in youth in preparation for the world of work • To promote productivity awareness in provinces • To demonstrate the positive changes that can be brought about through productivity improvements

  9. Objective Achievements National Schools Debates Productivity awareness at UJ Productivity in Schools • To spread the productivity message to high school learners by training teachers in productivity concepts. • The impact of the programme is two-fold • Teachers are taught productivity concepts which they incorporate into their teaching • Learners take the new concepts with them as they move into the labour market

  10. Objective Achievements Implementation of partnership projects with: Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) Japan Productivity Centre for Socio Economic Development (JPC-SED) Productivity SA still serves as PAPA Secretariat of Pan African Productivity Association World Confederation of Productivity Sciences (WCPS) AU Labour and Social Affairs Commission International Partnerships • To create a forum of transferring cutting-edge productivity knowledge and skills to Productivity SA and other National Productivity Organisations in Africa

  11. PRODUCTIVITY KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION

  12. Knowledge Management and Research Objective • To generate and disseminate productivity and competitiveness information.

  13. ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

  14. Objectives Achievements Between 2006 and 2008 more than 1700 small enterprises coached and mentored to measure and improve productivity in their own organisations Enhancing Productivity Skills and Competencies • To develop increased number of sustainable small micro enterprises through productivity improvement • To instil a culture of productive behaviour and best productive practices amongst the SMME sector • To incorporate productivity concepts, values and applications into the National Curriculum Statement

  15. 2007/08 Targets and Achievements

  16. Second Economy Interventions

  17. Second Economy Interventions

  18. PUBLIC SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY

  19. Objective Achievements Productivity Improvement Projects completed in 2 SOEs: Ekurhuleni Metro Mintek South African Nursing Council (last phase to be completed in the next financial year) Productivity Intervention in State Owned Enterprises • To facilitate improvement of organisational productivity through customised consulting engagements

  20. TURNAROUND SOLUTIONS FOR COMPANIES

  21. Objective Social Plan Interventions • To provide technical support to prevent job losses and ensure the survival of businesses by returning them to profitability through: • Developing enterprise turnaround strategies • Promoting collaboration between management and employees in turning around the companies through future forums

  22. INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS AND STRATEGIES

  23. Best Operating Practices • To facilitate government and industry partnerships to improve the performance and competitiveness of sectors, industries and business through: • Improved value-chain efficiencies • Promoting constructive labour relations at the workplace • Developing world class practices for continuous productivity improvement • Sharing and disseminating experiences and lessons Objective

  24. CORPORATE SERVICES

  25. Objectives To create an enabling environment that continuously ensures alignment of human capital with Productivity SA mandate. To acquire cutting-edge productivity knowledge and skills from the Asian experiences Achievements Annual Equity and Workplace Skills reports submitted to DoL Intervention through APO/JPC-SED partnerships funded by the Japanese government: 6 employees trained on the APO’s Basic Course for Productivity Practitioners (Total 30 from PAPA members countries) 4 employees participated on an observational study mission to Japan (Total 12 from Africa) 4 employees were selected to participate in pilot mode company project to transfer productivity consulting skills Human Capital

  26. . Government Grant Over 5 Years RM

  27. Sources of Revenue 2007/8

  28. Productivity SA and Second Economy Challenges Inability to reach critical mass Limited regional presence Our mandate – to ensure peripheral economies (SMME) brought into the mainstream Characterised by lack the orthodox systems found in larger or more established businesses We recognise the strategic importance of the SMMEs to job creation in our economy; therefore, Productivity SA continued to expand its interventions in this sector. More than 1700 small enterprises coached and mentored to measure and improve productivity in their own organisations Productivity SA deployed its own resources Combined projected financial benefit in excess of R115m p/a These quantifiable financial benefits are a distinguishing factor that makes our small enterprises intervention a flagship amongst the rest! Partnership Challenges in the implementation led to over extension of our resources CHALLENGES

  29. Negative Consequences: Pressure on cash-flow due to unanticipated demands beyond our plan Late payments Notwithstanding these challenges, Productivity SA prides itself in: Solid Risk management culture Strong internal audit focus CHALLENGES

  30. . Renegotiating the terms of partnership agreements to minimize our exposure Retraining of staff in additional competencies (multi skilling) Addressing key skills shortage through existing partnerships Strategy review Revised business model to align with Skill Development Amendment Bill Increase focus on turnaround solutions in light of the economic downturn. TURNAROUND FOR THE ORGANISATION

  31. . HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2007/08 • Successful Rebranding of NPI to Productivity SA • The right to host the 15th World Productivity Congress (first in Africa) • Incorporation of Productivity into The National Curriculum Statement • Continued to exceed targets in Jobs Saved through the Social Plan • Achieving Productivity Improvement in the SMME with tangible financial gains • Elevated the PCPB to a National Project • Free positive media coverage to the value of R4m during the launch of Productivity Statistics

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