The Integrated Planning Environment Chart has been created
to illustrate the links between the drivers, processes and tools that contribute
to the development and implementation of integrated planning within the Public
Service.
Section 1: Legislative Base and Other Drivers of Integrated Planning
Legislative Base
The coming into force of the Accountability Act established a broad
legislative context for Deputy Head accountabilities with regard to the
performance of any assigned duties in relation to the administration of
departments/agencies. Departmental administration includes the management of the
organization’s human resources and part of that function involves integrated
planning.
The legislative base for HR planning is the Financial Administration Act and
the Public Service Employment Act contained in the Public Service Modernization
Act . Other related Acts include the Employment Equity Act and Official
Languages Act.
The Public Service Modernization Act (through the Financial Administration
Act and the Public Service Employment Act), clearly establishes the Employer’s
responsibility to identify the current and future needs of the Public Service;
to determine the human resource requirements of the Public Service; and to
provide for the allocation and effective utilization of human resources within
the Public Service – all of which are key to the integrated planning process.
For additional information visit the Public Service Modernizations Act
on the Agency website.
Other Drivers
Guidance for Deputy Ministers, an important document issued by the Clerk of
the Privy Council, is intended to clarify how Deputy Ministers fulfill their
role in the Government of Canada. The document sets out the key elements of
responsible government as a backdrop for understanding the individual and
collective responsibility and accountability of Ministers. It further sets out
the responsibilities of Deputy Ministers and their accountabilities, including
the management of human and financial resources.
Guidance for Deputy Ministers signals that, “Effective departmental
management requires careful integration of human resources management planning
with the planning of departmental activities.”
For additional information visit this Guidance for Deputy Ministers
link.
The Clerk’s Corporate Priorities reinforced the concept of integrated human
resources and business planning, with one of the priorities relating to the
implementation of the Public Service Modernization Act, including the
strengthening of human resources planning.
For additional information visit this Clerk’s
Priorities link.
The Auditor General’s Findings related to Human Resources Planning (1999 to
Today) are also a driver that strongly identifies planning as a central function
to the healthy management of an organization. It speaks to the lack of human
resources planning in the entirety of the Public Service and more specifically,
of the lack of efficiencies and effectiveness incurred by the lack of integrated
planning.
The Management Accountability Framework flows from Results
for Canadians and the Comptrollership Modernization initiative. It establishes
the framework of accountability for Deputy Heads - also establishing a close
link to the responsibilities and accountabilities of Deputy Ministers as defined
in Guidance for Deputy Ministers - to ensure that the conditions for good
management are set in place in order to achieve Results for Canadians. It
includes performance measures and indicators for ten identified outcomes. One of
the outcomes is the People Component
which relates to the
management of people, and aims at measuring an organization’s human resources
capacity including having a workforce that is renewable and affordable over time
- again emphasizing the need for good integrated planning and effective
management of resources.
For additional information on the Management Accountability Framework, visit
the Treasury Board Secretariat Web site: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/maf-crg/documents/booklet-livret/booklet-livret_e.asp
The Staffing Management Accountability Framework comprises part of this
accountability suite. It establishes the Deputy Minister’s accountabilities to
the Public Service Commission with regard to staffing systems and delegated
staffing authorities.
For additional information on the Staffing Management Accountability
Framework, visit the Public Service Commission Web site: http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psea-lefp/framework/accountability/smaf_e.htm
Together, the legislation and drivers described above set the direction for
Deputy Heads and senior managers to inculcate good management practices through
integrated planning in order to meet their corporate objectives.
Section 2: Integrated Planning Principles and Process
Six Principles of Integrated Planning
At the heart of integrated planning are the six guiding principles. These principles form the basis on which planning activities and
processes are to be developed and implemented.
Integrated Planning Calendar
Based on the Six Principles of Integrated Planning, the Public Service Human
Resources Management Agency of Canada has developed an Integrated Planning
Calendar. The Calendar illustrates a four-phase approach to
aligning human resources and business lines to achieve integrated planning. It
also provides approximate timeframes for each of the four phases.
Five-step Approach to Determining and Building for Current and Future
Needs
A five-step approach to determining and building for current and future needs
was also developed to guide organizations in their efforts to implement
integrated planning. The Integrated Human Resources and Business Planning
Checklist is a "how to" model, and provides some important questions
for managers to consider as they develop their plans. More specifically, the
five steps include:
Step 1 determining your business goals;
Step 2 analyzing your environment to see if you have the right mix and
complement to meet your current and future needs;
Step 3 assessing the gaps in your workforce - what are you missing
from a human resources perspective in order for you to achieve your goals;
Step 4 taking action and initiating strategies to close the gap and
help obtain the required resources; and
Step 5 reviewing, monitoring and measuring whether efforts were
successful.
Together, the six principles, the planning calendar, and the five-step
approach outlined above form the basis from which planning activities, tool and
instruments should be derived.
Section 3: Integrated Planning Tools
Having set in place the main elements of the integrated planning process,
departments and agencies can then use a variety of instruments or tools to help
them fulfill their operational requirements. The last section of the Integrated
Planning Environment Chart outlines a number of tools that have been developed
by the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada to assist
departments with procedures leading to the formulation of integrated plans.
These tools are evergreen and complement the original Integrated Human
Resources and Business Planning Tool Kit that was issued in November 2004. These
tools are available for use by Deputy Ministers and Senior Managers, Managers
and Human Resources professionals either as is, or for tailoring to specific
departmental/agency needs.
Specifically, the tools include Integrated Planning – A Handbook for Deputy
Ministers and Senior Managers, the Succession Planning and Management Tool, the
Succession Planning and Management Tool for Senior Managers, and the Succession
Planning and Management Tool for Managers. Also under development are Integrated
Planning Templates (refer to Annex 1), which will provide departments and
agencies with easy to follow instructions in applying the five-step approach in
their organizations. The tools noted above are available on the Public Service
Human Resources Management Agency of Canada Web site.
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