1. PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE 18 MARCH 2005 DR YVONNE DLADLA
NPI STRATEGY
PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
18 MARCH 2005
DR YVONNE DLADLA

2. Vision
African productivity champion for sustainable socio-economic development.

3. Mission
NPI is an institution mandated by Government, Labour, Business and Civil Society to enhance productivity in order to contribute to Africa's socio-economic development and competitiveness.

4. Key Constraints to Productivity
Inadequate productivity competencies
Lack of productivity mindset
Government and Business efficiency
Under utilised resources
Unemployment
Labour- Management Relations
Technology
Inadequate infrastructure e.g. transport, power, communication

5. NPI’s Current Reality Strengths Weaknesses
NPI productivity interventions lead to sustainable improvement
Credible source of productivity information
Mandated by government to enhance productivity
Viewed as neutral broker by all social partners
Weaknesses
Not adequately positioned as pre-eminent organization that champions productivity
Not adequately funded for a national mandate
Weak alignment with government, business and labour
NPI spread too thinly to achieve desired impact

6. Positioning Strategy
Reposition the NPI as the pre-eminent enabler of productivity in South Africa with a national mandate.
Align NPI goals with national priorities of economic growth, job creation, increased investment and poverty alleviation in collaboration with key strategic partners.
Locate productivity centrally in all key debates, conversations and planning of national initiatives (papers, policy, etc.) designed to meet government goals.

7. Brand Blue Print

8. Key Strategic Objectives
Enhance productivity and release constraints by:
Promoting productivity mindset and developing relevant competencies
Influencing policies and practices that have an impact on productivity
Enabling productivity improvement in existing sectors and enterprises
Facilitating the entry of marginalised groups into main-stream economy

9. Strategic Matrix

10. Competencies & Mindset
Create a pool of productivity experts and champions
Engender a national culture of productivity

11. Research & Conducive Environment
Provide relevant productivity related information to the economy
Positively influence policy debates on productivity issues

12. Productivity Interventions
Enable improvement of productivity in enterprises
Enable entry of micro-enterprises into the mainstream economy

13. Support
Marketing
Position NPI as the pre-eminent champion of productivity
Build affinity for the NPI HR
Intensified skills development
Productivity Learnership

14. Critical Success Factors
Funding
Collaboration among social partners
Commitment to workplace transformation

15. Sustainability and Impact Strategy

16. Budget

17. THANK YOU