Performance Management Development System   Performance management is applicable to all staff on all levels.  Performance management is about assessing the daily work performance of individuals so that measurement of achievement of Departmental Goals and Objectives can be met and the employee is simultaneously developed.  The Strategic role of Performance management is to assist the organisation to achieve its strategic goal. It is intended to align the organisation and its systems with its strategic plan and provincial growth and development strategies, etc. It is a tool that is designed to mobilise its employees towards the realisation of the organisational strategic objectives. The Performance Development and Management System (PDMS) cycle prescribes specified time periods in which an employee must be assessed.  The period runs from April to the following March.  PDMS is a tool to set and develop performance goals of the organisation and translate them at individual level.