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Scrutiny and the Monthly Performance Management Report (MPR). Economic & Environmental Scrutiny Committee 29 March 2007. Performance Management. “Performance management is far from being a technical activity…..
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Scrutiny and the Monthly Performance Management Report (MPR) Economic & Environmental Scrutiny Committee 29 March 2007
Performance Management • “Performance management is far from being a technical activity….. • ….it represents the practical steps that are needed to turn the vision we have for our local community into a reality” Source: ‘A councillor’s guide to performance management’, Audit Commission.
The Monthly Performance Report • Celebrates good performance, challenges bad performance • Monthly snapshot / ‘healthcheck’ • Looks at key measures that are important to council and stakeholders • Reported to PITG, CMT, Scrutiny, Audit Commission, posted on the internet through the Committee Minutes system • Focus on where actual performance varies from expected performance • Looks back (performance review) and looks forward (forecasts)
The Balanced Scorecard Approach...... • …allows us to view the council’s performance from the point of view of four ‘balanced’ ‘perspectives’ • ‘Scorecards’ are applied at corporate, service and team level and linked together with a ‘golden thread’
Customers & Community Value for money Balanced Scorecard Effective People Driving Performance The Balanced Scorecard approach
Driving Performance • Includes statutory and ‘local’ PIs • Quartile thresholds – lower, middle, upper, 2005/06 data is the latest known • Data updated monthly • Corporate forecast based on extrapolation • Targets are the Council’s targets • On target/off target tick/cross • ‘Critical’ PIs
Critical Priorities • Provides a monthly update of progress on each of the Critical Corporate Priorities • 7 Priorities, each with 3 targets • Red/Amber/Green assessment • A text update for each of the 21 targets, summarising progress to date.
Customers & Community First • Provides information about activity at the Council’s Contact Centre • Enquiries and telephone calls • This section will be developed further
Value for Money • Provides information regarding the state of the Council’s financial health. • Reports monthly on • Summary of Net Revenue Expenditure • Expenditure by Portfolio • Summary of Capital Schemes
Developing and Managing People • Shows casework undertaken by the Employee Relations and Workplace Health Teams • Departmental information is provided regarding HR Casework • This section will be developed further
Challenging performance • Why is performance at the current level? • What difference does it make? • How can we make sure things get better? Audit Commission document – “A councillor’s guide to performance management”
MPR – the future • Improved usability • Format restructured around ‘Aims’ • Customers and People sections to be expanded • Increased role for Scrutiny and member challenge