Article: Improvement with self-assessment

Article: So why doesn't it work for us?
Management Services;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......easy, shouldn't it? Take the EFQM excellence model as an example. Founded on the experience...never tried it in the first place. The excellence model is by no means the universal solution...characterises successful exponents of the EFQM excellence model - what 'makes it happen' for ...

Article: Rio Tinto Diamonds' business excellence model.
Jewelers Circular Keystone;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......launched the Rio Tinto Diamonds Business Excellence Model (BEM). Since then 28 diamond and jewellery...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Q: What is Business Excellence Model (BEM)? A: Business Excellence Model (BEM) is an initiative developed by...

Article: The Hershey Company continues to use Sun Microsystems' SunTone Service Excellence Model to improve IT service delivery management; Sun introduces new SunTone Model, helping enterprises deliver IT as a service.
M2 Presswire;  October 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Sun Microsystems' SunTone Service Excellence Model to improve IT service delivery management...adopted the latest SunTone Service Excellence Model to achieve improved service delivery...services under the SunTone Service Excellence Model. Sun Tone is part of Sun's integrated...

Article: The Hershey Company Continues to Use Sun Microsystems' SunTone(SM) Service Excellence Model to Improve IT Service Delivery Management.
PR Newswire;  October 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ......adopted the latest SunTone Service Excellence Model to achieve improved service delivery...services under the SunTone Service Excellence Model. Sun Tone is part of Sun's integrated...competitive advantage. SunTone Service Excellence Model provides guidance and a measurement...

Article: Self-assessment methodology: The route to business excellence
The Quality Management Journal;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Quality Management (EFQM) business excellence model as the template for testing different...company. Key words: EFQM business excellence model, evidential reasoning approach, intelligent...Quality Management (EFQM) business excellence model addresses a number of the aforementioned...

Article: CBI Conference: Emphasis put on excellence.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  October 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ......across the region to use the Business Excellence Model. The self assessment tool helps firms...before taking on board the Business Excellence Model promoted by Midlands Excellence. The...using PROBE and adopting the Business Excellence Model is to encourage businesses to engage...

Article: Total Quality Management in Firms: Evidence from Spain
The Quality Management Journal;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......complementarities among the elements of the EFQM Excellence model in the process of its implementation...firms for each element of the EFQM Excellence model. The authors find that firms with...quality in all the criteria of the EFQM Excellence model obtain better results, while ...

Article: Applying an excellence model to schools
Quality Progress;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model. 16-18 This well-known model had already...training as EFQM model assessors. EFQM Excellence Model The EFQM Excellence Model is not prescriptive but instead recognizes...

Article: The business excellence model: Will it deliver?
Management Services;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......School. His subject- the business excellence model. John might have been expected to...are not familiar with the Business Excellence Model (BEM), you will be in the near future...coming. What is the BEM? The Business Excellence Model is a nine-box model, originally developed...

Article: Pursuing business excellence. (Checklist 163).
Checklists;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Management (EFQM) European Business Excellence Model, popularly known as the Business Excellence Model. A model for excellence offers all...Management. Definition The EFQM Business Excellence Model is a non-prescriptive framework based...

Article: Pursuing business excellence.(Checklist 163)
Chartered Management Institute: Checklists: Operations and Quality;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Management (EFQM) European Business Excellence Model, popularly known as the Business Excellence Model. A model for excellence offers all...address. Definition The EFQM Business Excellence Model is a non-prescriptive framework based...

Article: Applying the business excellence model to a research organization.(MANAGERS AT WORK)(quality management in industrial research.)
Research-Technology Management;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......application of the well-known EFQM Business Excellence model (see illustration, next page) and...in a Research Organization The EFQM Excellence Model was introduced at the beginning of...interpretation of the EFQM Business Excellence model is based on the two perspectives mentioned...

Article: Company drive for innovation pays off.(Business)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 1, 2005 ;     339 words ......electronics manufacturing (CEM) market after adopting a leading excellence model designed to make European businesses more globally competitive...performance improvement methodology known as the EFQM business excellence model in 2001 to help drive its transformation from Japanese...

Article: TQM Application Through Self-Assessment and Learning: Some Experiences from Two EQA Applicants
The Quality Management Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model facilitates the process of...learning (while the EFQM Excellence Model is not broadly used by American...Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model published in April 1999...