Senior Director of Professional Development at the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) Mrs. Ghada Shna'a stressed that the unit of performance management in the Professional Certification Program (PCP) in the Foundations of Human Resources aimed at strategic planning development through enhancing the performance of staff in the government sector, and link this performance with measuring indicators linked to the strategic objectives sought by various government ministries and bodies, and therefore employees will support the aspirations of the government in implementing its action program for the coming years.
Mrs. Shna'a noted that this unit of the program aims to familiarize the trainees with the importance of performance management, as an essential part in a systematic process that starts from individuals to be reflected on their institutions to improve, develop and achieve results, also staff capabilities development is performed through it, by benefiting profoundly from the performance management as a strategy tool to enhance the desired behaviors and results, which requires evaluation and directing the performance of the staff, motivating them in theory and practice by following the best possible methods for developing their working capacities.
Mrs. Shna'a added that the Institute has designed the PCP in the foundations of human resources in the context of seeking to develop training programs in the field of crafting government policies and strategic planning formulation, along with the support of government institutions in the planning process through providing consultation and research services. These efforts are in the context of strengthening the government agencies capabilities in the area of strategic planning, by identifying clear mechanisms for policy-making, which should be built on the basis of appropriate information, studies and research and data collection and analysis, as well as increasing the training programs in the field of strategic planning.
It is worth mentioning that the Institute's role in the issue of the government performance is centered on two initiatives i.e. the governmental strategic planning which is based on the needs and facts; and strengthening the assessment culture by using performance indicators, which is sought by the PCP in the foundations of human resources through focusing on training the staff on performance management in a way to enable them to boost their working skills and improve their output in order to achieve the objectives of their employers.
The institute has designed the PCP in the foundations of human resources in collaboration with the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) to meet the needs of the human resources staff. The program is based on the application of a distinguished training model which is supported by many intensive research in the human resources sector, furthermore; the program aims to enhance staff skills and introduce to them the civil service laws and administrative information systems in force in the Kingdom of Bahrain.