Criteria for Performance ExcellenceNo matter the size or nature of your organization, the Criteria are a guide in your journey toward performance excellence. They can help your organization align resources; improve communication, productivity, and effectiveness; and achieve strategic goals. The Criteria work as an integrated framework for managing an organization. They are simply a set of questions focusing on critical aspects of management that contribute to performance excellence:
The Criteria serve two main purposes:
There are three versions of the Criteria for Performance Excellence: business/nonprofit, education, and health care. If you are looking for more information about using the Baldrige Criteria, go to Baldrige FAQs: Using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence. Additional Baldrige Criteria resources:
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My recommendation: implement the Baldrige-based Criteria into your business. No other single document can help build a long-term successful organization.
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