2022-07-12 - S&O Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Governance Framework Report

                                          Effective management structures and
ORGANISATIONAL                            practices
CULTURE                                   Council has a management structure that
                                          meets its goals and needs, and the
A positive culture is critical to         structure is characterised by efficient and
promoting openness and honesty,           effective use of human resources with clear
where constructive questioning and        accountability. Management practices
sharing of ideas is encouraged while      reinforce accountability and outcomes and
accountability and responsibility is      incorporate the nurturing of people’s
clear. The critical governance role for   capabilities to do their jobs.
Council, the CEO, and management
is to set the right ‘tone at the top’     Communication and engagement
which reinforces Council’s values,        Council has effective communications
passion for good governance and           policies, practices and protocols and
focus on performance and                  importantly encourages feedback from all
accountability across the                 stakeholders and the community. This
organisation. Within this context,        approach enables Council to successfully
Council’s culture consists of the         engage, educate, inform, communicate to
following key elements that reinforce     and instruct its community.
good governance:
                                          Learning
Support for frankness, honest and         Council invests in training for its employees
questioning                               with a focus on increasing capabilities
Elected members are to debate             required to meet operational requirements.
issues openly and honestly. Equally,      Equally, Council invests in training for
employees are to provide frank and        elected members to build on knowledge
timely advice to the Chief Executive      and capabilities required to fulfil their roles
Officer (CEO) and senior                  as elected members.
management, who in turn are to
provide professional and frank            Commitment to equal opportunity
advice to elected members and             employment
Council.                                  Council promotes the values of a diverse
                                          workforce and is an equal opportunity
Innovation                                employer. Council’s employment practices
Council considers new and better          are aligned to Queensland’s Anti-
ways of going about its business in       Discrimination Act 1991 and relevant
the achievement of its goals.             federal anti-discrimination laws.
Innovation will be assessed critically
by using appropriate risk                 Council recognises the importance of
management and other analysis             workforce diversity and promotes a working
tools.                                    environment where people are treated on
                                          their merits at every stage of their
                                          employment.




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