1. Building a healthy organisation with DMA levels John Bruce-Jones Pam Parkes, Croydon Council November2011

4. Decision Making Accountability levels are established by analysing seven DMA elements

5. Research and interviews are used to set Levels and maximum layers Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Example Job (and Layer in a Healthy Hierarchy) Council CEO (Layer 1) Director (Layer 2) ‘ Senior Manager’ (Layer 3) ‘ Middle Manager’(Layer 4) Team Leader (Layer 5) Supervised first line employee (Layer 6) Managers (based on accountability, not job title) = Supervisors Nature of Leadership Example Accountability Level

6. Example analysis of your current layers Maximum allowed layers = example 6 50% of jobs in layers too far below the CEO

7. Example: identifying areas for in depth analysis Analysis by directorate and within directorates

8. Example: spans of control analysis

10. A closer look at our objectives Empowered managers greater power to make decisions Staff are able to do their jobs quicker decisions from management Spans of control Improved career progression Cost saving efficiencies Reducing management costs Reducing management layers / spans of control, resulting in... optimum number of direct reports for each role. understanding the scope of each role, helps us to identify career paths.