Fostering strategic agility in Chile's Office of the Comptroller General

This chapter examines strategic agility in the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic (Contraloría General de la República, CGR) – Chile’s supreme audit institution (SAI) – to effectively identify and respond to the evolving environment in which it operates and changing societal expectations. In analysing the strategic agility of the CGR, this chapter analyses the institution’s: i) strategic sensitivity, drawing upon concepts of institutional strategic planning and foresight (horizon scanning) activities and ii) operational agility, drawing upon concepts of SAI (administrative) independence and human resource management. The analysis is framed by OECD work on public governance and International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI) – in particular, the “Lima Declaration on the Precepts of Government Auditing” (ISSAI 1), the “Mexico Declaration on SAI Independence” (ISSAI 10), the “Principles for Transparency and Accountability” (ISSAI 20) and “Quality Control for SAIs” (ISSAI 40) – as well as International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institution (INTOSAI) good practice guidance on strategic planning, capacity building and human resource management.