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The Management Accountability Framework

The Department and region is responsible for managing itself within a framework of organizational excellence established for the entire federal public service.  The Management Accountability Framework sets out the Treasury Board’s expectations of senior public service managers for good public service management. 

The Management Accountability Framework includes ten elements, which collectively define the management challenge and provide guidance as to how WD will conduct its business:

Management Accountability Framework Elements

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The Management Accountability Framework

While management has a leadership role to play, each and every member of our organization has a contribution to make to each of these areas.  Over two decades, WD has built a reputation for excellence and innovation in program delivery.  Our challenge going forward is to maintain that standard and to match it across the categories of the Management Accountability Framework.  Regional and Corporate Branch business plans are organized around the ten elements of the Management Accountability Framework with region or branch-specific strategies designed to result in an effective and efficient departmental management system to ensure that WD can achieve its Strategic Outcomes.