PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON LABOUR ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTATION (2008/09) 27 October 2009

2 VISION AND MISSION Vision To lead and inspire a productive and competitive South Africa. Mission Productivity SA is a tripartite organisation dedicated to the development and enhancement of South Africa’s productivity by unleashing the spirit of continuous productivity improvement in all South Africans. 1

3 KEY FOCUS AREAS FOR 2008/09 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 2

4 KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2008/09 Productivity SA re-branding consolidation Hosting the World Productivity Congress (first in Africa) Productivity research projects Productivity interventions in SMME's (PCBP) Turnaround solutions for companies Industry sector collaborations and strategies International collaboration (skills development) Unqualified Audit Report 3

INSPIRING A CULTURE OF PRODUCTIVITY AMONGST SOUTH AFRICANS 4

6 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 Objectives Achievements Successful hosting of the World Productivity Congress Productivity Movement campaign –Productivity awards –Media and advertising campaign –Awareness workshops International Partnerships 5

6 Achievements ACTIVITY/TASKOUTPUTSTARGETSPROGRESS Productivity-related knowledge at a strategic level to support the National Productivity Campaign. WPC 2008 will provide the core content for the first year. Content consists of information emanating from research and statistics reports, to be disseminated by all programmes. Website to be developed to support the National Productivity Movement - a dedicated website for WPC in Website developed and ongoing maintenance in progress. Strategic abstracts on key issues influencing productivity media exposures attained. Electronic newsletters1010 electronic newsletters produced. Productivity magazine6One magazine produced. Annual reports1Productivity SA annual report done. Social Plan Annual report done. WPC annual report done Hosting of the World Productivity Congress. World Productivity Congress Successfully hosted.

8 International Partnerships To create a forum of transferring cutting- edge productivity knowledge and skills to Productivity SA and other National Productivity Organisations in Africa 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 –AU Labour and Social Affairs Commission 7

PRODUCTIVITY KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION 8

10 Knowledge Management and Research Objectives Projects Annual Public Sector Study; Contribution to the IMD Competitiveness Yearbook; Impact Assessment of the influence of the government framework, including labour legislation, on productivity and competitiveness; Annual Productivity Statistics; and the Impact of Skills Development on Productivity Study Initiate, conduct and coordinate productivity-related research by means of a network of research partners in order to produce at least four reports a year Generate information to positively influence policy debates and formulation and therefore impact productivity and competitiveness Distil lessons learnt and best practices from successful cases inside and outside the country for adaptation and application 9

11 Knowledge Management and Research KEY RESULT AREAMEASURE / INDICATORRESULTS Publish one annual Productivity Statistics Research report to support the competitiveness and growth of the economy. Productivity Statistics ReportProductivity Statistics Report completed and ready for publishing. Publish two annual sector research reports. Benchmarking Report on the Clothing and Textile Sector. Benchmarking Report on the Furniture, Footwear and Leather Sectors. Benchmarking Report on Clothing and Textile Sector completed. Benchmarking Report on Furniture, Footwear and Leather Sectors completed. Contribution to the IMD Competitiveness Yearbook IMD ReportIMD report published Develop one research report detailing the Impact of Labour Legislation on Productivity. Draft a literature review.Draft of the literature review has been completed 10

PUBLIC SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY 11

13 Enhancing Productivity Skills and Competencies To lead the development, customisation and distribution of productivity competencies and mindsets among South Africans and to provide productivity improvement solutions to public- benefit To incorporate productivity concepts, values and applications into the National Curriculum Statement Objectives Projects National Schools debates Training of Productivity facilitators Training of government and SOE managers on productivity Incorporation of productivity concepts and values into the National Curriculum statement Training of small enterprises, coached and mentored to measure and improve productivity in their own organisations To develop increased number of sustainable small micro enterprises through productivity improvement 12

14 OVERALL PERFORMANCE KEY RESULT AREAMEASURE/INDICATORRESULTS Educators trained in productivity concepts Small & micro enterprises trained Productivity trainers trained2655 Accreditation system Procurement of the Learner Management System in progress Skills development facilitators trained Workers trained Government & SOE Managers trained Signed agreement with on implementation of productivity toolkit One government department Toolkit on the improvement of transaction cycles was implemented at the SA Nursing Council 13

TURNAROUND SOLUTIONS FOR COMPANIES 14

16 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 Objective Projects for 2008/09 Establish Future forums in distressed companies Develop Turnaround Strategies Establish Proactive Future forums in Stable Companies Develop Early Warning Systems Conduct Impact Assessments Conduct Desktop Sector Studies jobs have been impacted upon 15

17 Social Plan Interventions KEY RESULT AREAMEASURE/INDICATORRESULTS Contribute to preventing Job losses Establish 120 Future forums in distressed companies 105 Future forums established Turnaround interventions to prevent job losses in terms of the Social Plan Compile 70 turnaround strategies (Work plans) 59 Turnaround Strategies compiled Establish Proactive Future forums in stable companies Establish 137 proactive future Forums Develop 64 Early Warning Systems 115 Proactive future forums established 90 Early Warning Systems developed Identify Sector Projects to prevent job losses Conduct 6 Sector Desktop Studies Research on 4 Sector Studies completed Turnaround Strategies Completed Conduct 50 Impact Assessments 29 Close-out reports compiled (impact assessments) Marketing Campaign Conduct 20 awareness seminars Publish 20 success stories Develop 3 case study videos Launch print advertisements Launch personal interviews on radio 21 awareness seminars conducted 17 success stories published 2 case study videos developed Print and electronic campaign done 16

18 Social Plan Interventions 17

19 SECTORS 18

INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS AND STRATEGIES 19

21 Workplace Challenge Programme (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 20

22 OBJECTIVE 1: Workplace collaboration between employers and workers KEY ACTIVITIESPERFORMANCE INDICATORS TARGETS / OUTPUTSRESULTS Facilitate constructive dialogue between social partners, managers and workers, and participating enterprises on improving productivity and competitiveness in the workplace. Number of companies nurtured (for participation in clusters or user groups). 64 enterprises nurtured (average of eight per cluster or user group). 79 companies nurtured. Develop the capacity of employers and workers to jointly participate in the programme. Number of capacity building workshops (for clusters or user groups) which includes the 3- day BOP and Leadership workshops. 22 capacity building workshops across 11 clusters or user groups. 6 workshops Programme performance 21

23 OBJECTIVE 2: Improve workplace practices in South African Enterprises to improve productivity and competitiveness KEY ACTIVITIESPERFORMANCE INDICATORS TARGETS / OUTPUTSRESULTS Pilot transformation in between six to nine enterprises within clusters and user groups. Each organisation should be striving for best operating practices. Number of participating clusters and user groups. 11 participating user groups at year-end. Two participating clusters at year-end. 12 participating user groups/clusters. Provide aftercare programme (Workplace Transformation) for graduate clusters and user groups. Number of participating clusters and user groups participating in the aftercare programme 8 participating user groups and clusters at year end. 15 participating groups/clusters. Refine prescriptive material for workplace transformation (Workplace Transformation Toolkit technical write-ups, plant visits, published book and case studies. Refine and field test Workplace Transformation Toolkit. Refine and field test Workplace Transformation Toolkit (establish user group as platform). Tested in user groups. Programme Performance 22

CORPORATE SERVICES 23

25 Human Capital 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: 12 employees trained on the APO’s Basic Course for Productivity Practitioners (Total 30 from PAPA members countries) 2 employees participated on an observational study mission to Japan (Total 12 from Africa) 24

26 Sources of Revenue 2008/09 25

Thank You 26