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Division: Corporate
AMSA's Corporate Services Division supports delivery of AMSA's outputs by providing cost effective, efficient and timely corporate services:
- Human resources: human resource management, industrial relations, occupational health and safety, staff development, compensation and remuneration management.
- Financial management: financial reporting, processing financial transactions, international travel, and management of AMSA revenue and investments.
- Property and services: property management, provision of general business services, contract management and insurance and risk management.
- Corporate documentation: corporate implementation of ISO 9001:2000 and 14001:1996, Corporate Unit's business plan and budget and assist in coordination and production of other AMSA corporate documents.
- Information services: information management and management of AMSA's information technology infrastructure including systems development, maintenance, user support and IT equipment and stores.
- Corporate strategy: strategic planning, international and government relations.
- Public relations: community relations, incident management, publications, conference coordination, education campaigns and media liaison and releases.
Organisational Reform
AMSA's corporate structure as at 30 June 2003 reflects two major structural changes during 2002-2003. The first change involved the formation of the Corporate Services Division to strengthen the cohesion between the three corporate bureaus, financial and business services, information services and corporate strategy, and to provide greater corporate support to the operational Divisions. The General Counsel bureau was retained as a separate entity reporting direct to the Chief Executive Officer.
It provides legal services, shipping registration services and the Corporate Secretary's office, providing secretariat services for the AMSA Board.
The second change was the development of the Emergency Response Division following a management review in August 2002 of AMSA's emergency services delivery. This concluded that the Environment Protection Group, which is responsible for coordinating marine pollution preparedness and response under the National Plan, should be transferred from Maritime Operations to the AusSAR Division. It also was decided to rename AusSAR as Emergency Response Division , while retaining the AusSAR name for its search and rescue activity.
This restructuring allowed AMSA to co-locate its pollution preparedness and response functions with its ship reporting and search and rescue coordination activities, both of which are usually involved in responding to shipping incidents. The groups will share work synergies while still maintaining the strong liaison between the National Plan management activities and Maritime Operations on ship operational issues and the Environment Protection Standards section in Maritime Safety and Environmental Strategy Division.