5.3 Strategy system
The Department's recent efforts have been on further refining its strategic direction and driving its implementation through the statement of intent (as the key departmental planning document), supported by the four strategic approaches, as outlined in section 2.2.
As explained in section 3.0, the Department has reviewed its outcome and intermediate outcomes. It will continue to review the medium-term and annual components of its work to ensure outputs are on target to deliver the intermediate outcomes, and, through them, its high level outcome. This continuous improvement will help to ensure the Department remains aligned with the State Services' managing for outcomes framework, and is better able to both demonstrate the difference it is making and drive ongoing performance improvements.
Actions in 2008-2009
The focus will be on:
- Reviewing the remaining intermediate outcomes to confirm the desired future state, the associated work priorities, and the indicators of progress.
Links to State Services Development Goal: 3 Value-for-money State Services