Strategies for Improving Poor Performance in the Botswana Public Service

The work performance of the Botswana public service has been a major concern to the government, civil society, development partners and the nation at large. The prevailing situation in the work-place has been that of low work performance, poor service delivery and high labour turnover (Tshukudu: 2006: & Tshukudu: 2009). The poor work performance has led to a decline in the economic growth from an average GDP of 8 per cent to 7.1 per cent between 1990 and 2003 (World Bank Report 2003: 40). This article presents 15 strategies for the effective management of poor performance in the Botswana Public Service. One crucial aspect of improving performance is eradicating poor performance through strategies that will assist public service managers in effectively improving poor performance in their organisations, departments and ministries.