Performance management is designed to embed a culture of high performance and value for money.
Almost all reforms have focused on the need to clarify accountability and responsibility. Fiscal responsibility and savings have been an important objective. The reforms are comprehensive, applying wide range of approaches across the public sector to ensure radical changes in organisation and management of the public sector. The performance management framework is set in legislation, particularly the State Sector Act and the Public Finance Act. The reforms have been mandatory and initiated from the top.