Dubai, Oct 20th, 2009 (WAM) The Dubai eGovernment in collaboration with general secretariat of the Executive Council and government departments, has launched Employee Performance Management (EPM) system.
The initiative is aimed at achieving objectives of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 for achieving excellence in governance through enhancing strategic orientation and motivating employees to perform optimally. Dubai eGovernment also revealed that it has introduced an electronic training system for employees to provide access to training sessions and aligning it to employee performance, with the objective of creating a conducive work environment that ensures optimum employee performance. Ahmed Mohammed Bin Humaidan, Director General, Dubai eGovernment, said, "In line with Dubais progress towards assuming a pioneering role in the realm of governmental work and electronic services, we were committed to introduce the Employee Performance Management system to gauge the progress achieved by determining the improvement changes at the initial stages to promote the employees performance." "We expect the electronic training system to significantly contribute to raising the competence levels of the employees, particularly in the electronics field, by providing direct experimental sessions via the internet, and enhancing communication between the trainers and trainees to exchange knowledge and expertise. We are also looking forward to strengthening the communication between various government entities with the view of sharing best practices and experiences, developing human resources, encouraging innovation, and boosting our services," he added. Dubai eGovernment is working in collaboration with the Executive Council to implement this initiative in several government departments in Dubai during the current year and to complete the implementation in all government departments in 2010.
Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2009.
