Office of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner

Good Governance

Nine Governance Principles

Principle 3: Organisational structure

The organisation's structure serves its operations.

The quality of an organisation's governance will depend to a large part on whether its organisational structure is suitable for what the organisation was set up to do. As such, it should reflect the organisation's main operational objectives and do so in a coherent way while at the same time being flexible enough to respond to changes in the organisation's strategy or mission.

Standards (what is required?):

3.1

Policies ensure that the organisation's structure serves its key strategic goals and outcomes.

Mandatory requirements | Guidelines | Good practice examples

Operations (how do you achieve it?):

3.2

Processes exist to manage structural change and the relationships between business units.

Mandatory requirements | Guidelines | Good practice examples

Monitoring (how do you know you are meeting the standards?):

3.3

Performance measures identify how well the structure delivers against strategic plans.

Mandatory requirements | Guidelines | Good practice examples

Reporting (how do you let the right people know?):

 

The organisation's annual report identifies compliance levels against the relevant standards.

Annual compliance reporting addresses compliance with WA's requirements for good governance.

All material matters are reported to the relevant oversight bodies.

Mandatory requirements | Guidelines | Good practice examples

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Page last updated: August 17 2009