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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Quality Award"”.
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An Empirical Analysis of Rating Effectiveness for a State Quality Award
… State & Federal Sector) levels for a State Quality Award (SQA) using data from the 1998 applications. Interrater reliability (measured by intraclass correlations for each rating scale dimension) was low to moderate, and differed by dimension. Halo error (measured by the determinant of the …
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Leadership and public responsibility as encompassed by the 1991 Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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Total Quality Management and corporate financial performance: An analysis of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award criteria
<p>"The impact of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) Performance Excellence Criteria on corporate financial performance is examined. Three independent studies were performed to assess this relationship. The first included Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) winners. The …
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A textual analysis of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients to explore best organizational communication models in American companies
… a program called the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA).</p> <p>Using the award summary profiles of the 68 MBNQA recipients, the best practices are studied to reveal the tactics and strategies that influence the best American companies to achieve the highest productivity and …
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An investigation into the effects of winning the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on the performance of hospitals/healthcare systems
… outcome data for Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients in healthcare in the dimensions of patient outcomes (mortality, complications and patient safety), as well as hospital financial and efficiency measures (average length of stay, expense per discharge and profitability). …
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An evaluative study on attempts to improve the quality of processes for the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia
Quality awards are formal award programs that have been established to recognize organizations (or sub-units thereof) for achieving excellence in quality and productivity. The criteria of these awards require a systematic and comprehensive program that is mature either from time or results. These …
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A Study of the Impact of the Workplace Learning Function on Organizational Excellence by Examining the Workplace Learning Practices of Six Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipients
… A total of six Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipients, one from each Baldrige sector participated in this study. Data was collected through in depth, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews with the person responsible for workplace learning or their representative in each …
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Determining how work process influences organizational results using the Malcolm Baldrige Excellence Framework
… a review of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Criteria for Performance Excellence, Organizational Alignment, and Leadership.| This quantitative study relied on the collection and analysis of data including median scores from Baldrige participants between 2008 and 2014 and from …
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Factors affecting implementation of quality excellence framework at a senior management level in the context of Dubai
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a philosophy adopted by many organisations around the globe for continuous improvement of processes, products and / or services. Based on the TQM Philosophy, various quality excellence frameworks known as business excellence models and related quality awards have …
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An integrated TQM approach for the development of medium size organisations.
… of the most successful companies in the world. Awards for these companies include 'The Deming Award' in Japan, 'The Baldrige Award' in America, the 'EFQM Award' in Europe, and the UK has also recently launched 'The U.K. Quality Award'. This thesis serves to lay a foundation for investigating …
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High performance quality management systems and work-related outcomes: Exploring the role of audit readiness and documented procedures effectiveness
<p>This study investigates a comprehensive quality management system (QMS) and its influence on multiple work-related outcomes. It examines certified quality systems used in the automotive industry to test whether QMS audit readiness mediates the relationship between quality factors and outcomes. A …
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Renewable success : development of good architecture in the case of Arriyadh Development Authority, Saudi Arabia
… ADA has a positive reputation for achieving quality award winning architecture. Though there have been studies on the development of Riyadh, there has been no study of how quality of architecture is perceived and defined by ADA and why ADA was able to sustain a record of successful project. …
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A Framework To Improve A Nation's Competitiveness Through Quality Awards And Performance Improvement Tools
… On the other, many governments have established quality awards (or performance excellence awards) to improve their organizations in different industries and to help these organizations to become more competitive. However, these two facts lead to the question: how can a quality award model help …
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A study of the critical success factors for sustainable TQM. A proposed assessment model for maturity and excellence.
… years, and longitudinal analysis of secondary quality winners of prestigious awards such as the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), is important. The longitudinal analysis in this research will enable verification that there are generic critical factors (CFs) for TQM implementation …
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Lean-excellence business management for small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in Kurdistan region of Iraq
… them to reduce waste, time, effort, enhance quality and increase customer satisfaction constantly. However, many SMEs, especially in developing countries, fail to engage in lean programmes successfully. In this research, a strategic framework to support LM practices within manufacturing SMEs …
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IS-MBNQA: A new framework for the relationship between Information Systems and organizational quality.
… the relationship between IS and organizational quality. This research examines two popular IS quality assessment frameworks - Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) and Information Systems Assessment (ISA) - and suggests a new framework, IS-MBNQA. This work integrates these two IS …
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Quality in Education: Perspectives Regarding Baldrige-based Practices and Instructional Leadership in Middle Schools
… practices in the four Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-winning school districts in the United States. This study's data illuminated how a non-prescriptive framework such as the Baldrige National Quality Program (BNQP) combined with Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence …
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Impact of Total Quality Management, work teams, and Just-In-Time on the performance of the Mexican manufacturing industry
… such as Just In Time (JIT) and Total Quality Management (TQM). Recognition of this issue is so widespread that most theorists see Work Teams (WT) as a critical link in the conversion to the modern manufacturing paradigm. This study investigates the impact of Total Quality Management …
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