The State IT Agency (SITA), has "consolidated its top structures to increase efficiencies and enhance service delivery", effectively slashing its executive positions from 10 to four.
The consolidation plan, which SITA says is aimed at making the organisation more efficient and is due to "essential course correction" as a result of experience gained during the past two years, restructures it into four business units with effect from 1 March.
CEO Mavuso Msimang has retained his position, SITA spokesman Sifiso Ndlazi confirms. However, 10 former executives are reapplying for the four new executive posts. It is not clear when the new appointments will be announced. Ndlazi says the remaining six executives are expected to be deployed throughout the agency.
Addressing SITA's executive management, Msimang describes the changes as a "consolidation of the achievements of the past two years and some essential course correction in the light of experience gained".
He congratulated his top management for "their maturity in accepting the re-alignment process" saying, in so doing, "they placed the interests of SITA above those of themselves throughout the consultation and decision-making process".
New units
The new executives will head up the business operations, strategic services, shared services and financial services divisions.
Business operations will bring under its umbrella infrastructure, consulting, client, regional operations, procurement and marketing services - business operations that have a direct responsibility for service delivery to government departments, SITA's client base.
The new alignment is "intended to ensure more effective coordination and to break down whatever silos still exist within this core of revenue generating business units," SITA says in a statement.
Strategic services will house SITA's Centres of Excellence and spearhead new business development. It will be responsible for technology and innovation issues, project management, methodologies and the definition of SITA's engagement and operational strategies.
Shared services will play the traditional role of supporting lines of business and corporate operations. Information management systems will be included under shared services.
Financial services will continue to fulfil its financial responsibilities with all the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act.
On how government and industry would benefit from the transformation, Msimang says SITA "will continue to work with industry in the provision of solutions to government, including local government".
He says SITA "would not try to re-invent the wheel but would rather partner with industry either with back-to-back agreements, outsourcing completely or even develop public private partnerships that would optimally serve the government's development needs".
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