Table

Primary Value Driver

KPI

Standards

• Comprehensive

• Wide spatial coverage of SA and oceans



• Spread of disciplines






• Monitoring and research programmes





• Education-outreach programme




• Information Management System

• A functional node in each main biome / bio-geographic region, number of regularly monitored sites per node, number of running datasets per node


• Number of multi-disciplinary programmes and published papers, total number of variables measured, ratio of natural scientists : social scientists



• Number of sites and systems, alignment of programmes with Core Science Framework, number of ISI papers per programme, strategic value of equipment



• Number of schools, students, projects, alignment with education strategy, number of alumni choosing science careers, number of popular articles, books
• Functional web-based data portal, amount of data being available, number of data management tools/features

• Sustained

• Accountability to shareholders




• Efficiency of operations







• Diverse income streams



• Resource management

• Annual reporting, five-yearly independent review, number of policy inputs, number of unqualified audit reports
• Average investment per published paper, various admin turnaround times, best value procurement procedures, quality of business meetings, ratio overheads : operational costs, ratio salaries : total expenditure
• 60:40 DST : Other income, number of non-govt income streams
• Financial indicators, Human Resources indicators, State of Infrastructure, Quality of Volunteer Programmes, State of Equipment

• Coordinated

• Leadership




• Business Planning




• Communication




• Partnerships

• Workers’ and co-workers’ level of understanding and support for the mission, goals, culture & values, Success rate of strategic decisions, Number of approaches from potential network actors, Number of invitations to external events, Number of honorary appointments, Strategic value derived from Advisory Board, Strength of inter-organisational relationships
• Quality and achievement of Annual Business Plans of all strategic units
• Quality of Communication Strategy, Stakeholder happiness indicators, Quality of IT and communication systems, Quality of promotional material, events, newsletter and website
• Number of partners, Partner happiness indicators, Estimated value of in-kind contributions, Number of co-authored papers

• Responsive

• Stakeholder input


• Strategic positioning



• Adaptability


• Growth (not listed elsewhere)

• Number of stakeholder meetings, Level of implementation of outcomes, Stakeholder happiness indicators, Breadth of stakeholder consultation (geographic, disciplinary, organisational)
• Number of network events attended, Number of policy inputs delivered, Impact of new programmes, Number of international assignments, Quality of strategic documents, Success rate of project proposals, Number of ‘low-hanging fruits’ accomplished
• Success rate of collaboration with competitors, Rate of adoption of new approaches and technology, Number of new programmes in response to new information
• Percentage growth in income, Number of staff, Number of students supported & graduated, Number of data portal users, Number of research platform users

KPI

Standards

Wide spatial coverage of SA and oceans

A functional node in each main biome / bio-geographic region, number of regularly monitored sites per node, number of running datasets per node

Spread of disciplines

Number of multi-disciplinary programmes and published papers, total number of variables measured, ratio of natural scientists : social scientists

Monitoring and research programmes

Number of sites and systems, alignment of programmes with Core Science Framework, number of ISI papers per programme, strategic value of equipment

Education-outreach programme

Number of schools, students, projects, alignment with education strategy, number of alumni choosing science careers, number of popular articles, books

Information Management System

Functional web-based data portal, amount of data being available, number of data management tools/features