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Date created: 2/26/2001
Last updated: 10/5/2004

 

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Criteria for Performance Excellence
There are Criteria for Business, Health Care, and Education.
   
primary bullet e-Baldrige Self-Assessment and Action Planning: Using the Baldrige Organizational Profile for Business, Education, and Health Care.
   
primary bullet Are We Making Progress?  An easy-to-use employee questionnaire can help you assess your organization, now available in English and Spanish.
   
primary bullet Are We Making Progress As Leaders?  A senior leadership questionnaire designed for organizations dedicated to performance excellence.
   
primary bullet Getting Started with the Criteria for Performance Excellence: A Guide to Self-Assessment and Action.
   
primary bullet Why Apply: learn from Baldrige Award recipients about the benefits of applying for the Baldrige Award.
   
  For CEOs
primary bullet Issue Sheets: address key issues facing the CEOs of American business.
   
primary bullet Baldrige Stock Study: The "Baldrige Index" is a fictitious stock fund made up of publicly traded U.S. companies that have received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
 
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Email: nqp@nist.gov
 
BNQP Customer Service:
Phone: 301.975.2036
Fax: 301.948.3716
 
Baldrige National Quality Program
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  2003 Award Recipients announced.
bullet President Bush Signs Legislation Into Law
Nonprofit Category Added
   
bullet 2004 Baldrige Award
Applicants Advance to Stage 3
   
bullet Assessment of Leadership Attitudes about the BNQP
CEO Survey Results
   
bullet 2003 Baldrige Award Ceremony
Watch the Ceremony Video; Read Remarks of President Bush
   
bullet Are We Making Progress As Leaders?
Questionnaire Available