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Part 2: Strategic priority seven: Enhance organisational capability
This priority relates to the Corporation's desire to deliver performance excellence, and to improve systems and processes. It includes providing policy advice and research and evaluation to support the Minister of Housing under the housing policy advice appropriation. The Government partially funds these programmes, with the Corporation providing the shortfall from its revenue income.
The Corporation is shifting towards being a people-driven, outcomes-focused organisation. This means being more responsive to the needs and aspirations of New Zealanders. To achieve this change, the Corporation will develop a framework to help improve its performance in delivering its services more efficiently and effectively to stakeholders and New Zealanders. As part of this change, the Corporation will review its current performance base-line and seek an external performance assessment by an independent evaluator in 2009/10.
The changing environment requires the Corporation to build its internal capability and capacity. The Corporation is committed to creating a diverse, skilled workforce where everyone can participate equally to achieve their full potential. For the Corporation, embracing diversity means valuing people as individuals and acknowledging the contribution they make to the workplace.
As the Corporation improves its understanding of employee engagement and its impact on organisational performance, it will need to support its people with the right strategies, structures, systems and resources. The Corporation will use the results from the employee engagement survey to further develop its leadership and management capability.
Key activities to achieve this strategic priority include:
- being recognised as an employer of choice
- being an organisation that delivers performance excellence in an efficient and effective manner
- enhancing its capability to provide well-informed advice to the Minister
- building internal capability to improve day-to-day business with Maori.
