Corporate Support — Continued

Goal: Support services enable ministry programs to meet their objectives

Planning Context

The Corporate Services Department is undergoing significant changes. During 2002/03 and 2003/04, payroll services will be moved to the Ministry of Management Services and human resource services will be centralized in the Public Service Employee Relations Commission. Staff from these functional areas will be transferred to the respective agencies.

The Corporate Services Department facilitates the Ministry’s strategic shifts by supporting enhanced contract management, risk management and performance planning, as well as by encouraging public/private partnership opportunities. In addition, the department will place greater emphasis on training and professional development opportunities, succession planning and recruitment, in order to address needs stemming from workforce adjustment and the Ministry’s changing skill requirements.

Please refer to the Human Resources Management Plan and the Information Resources Management Plan (summarized at the end of this document) for more information.

Objectives	Key Strategies
Corporate support services are responsive, innovative and efficient.	• Implement new information management systems for Child Care and Safety Engineering Services.
Organizational change is successfully managed.	• Transfer human resource services to central agency. • Implement Human Resource Renewal strategy.