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Seventy Apply for 2009 Baldrige Award

Applicants include 42 health care organizations.

NIST
Tue, 06/02/2009 - 16:48
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Baldrige award medallion.

(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Seventy organizations have taken the first step toward the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for innovation and performance excellence. Applicants include two manufacturers, four service companies, five small businesses, nine educational organizations, 42 health care organizations and eight nonprofits/governmental organizations.

The 70 applicants will be evaluated rigorously by an independent board of examiners in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; process management; and results. Examiners provide each applicant with 300 to 1,000 hours of review and a detailed report on the organization ’ s strengths and opportunities for improvement.

The 2009 Baldrige Award recipients are expected to be announced in late November.

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