Strategies to Implement the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence

Alignment of the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence WITH SIX SIGMA, LEAN THINKING AND BALANCED SCORECARD

“Baldrige? Six Sigma? Lean? Balanced Scorecard? We don’t have time for all of these initiatives! Let’s just pick one and go with it!” How many times have you heard (or perhaps even said) something similar to this? The statement suggests the initiatives are equivalent. They are not. As has been discussed earlier in this book, the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence represent a comprehen...

Using Baldrige Performance Excellence Program Approaches in the Pursuit of Radiation Oncology Quality Care, Patient Satisfaction, and Workforce Commitment

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act was signed into law in 1987 to advance US business competitiveness and economic growth. Administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Act created the Baldrige National Quality Program, recently renamed the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. The comprehensive analytical approaches referred to as the Baldrige He...

Integrated Management Systems and Their Alignment with the Baldrige Criteria

بررسی عملکرد بیمارستان هاشمی‌نژاد شهر تهران در حیطه درمان، بر اساس الگوی جهانی مالکوم بالدریج در سال 1386

Abstract Background: The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence provide a systems perspective for understanding performance management. They reflect management practices against which an organization can measure itself. The Criteria have been accepted internationally as the model for performance excellence. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed at Hasheminejad ...

Using Snapshot to Implement Hierarchy of Criteria

Software conformance testing is usually carried out by running the tested program over a set of input patterns and comparing the results with those predicted by its specifications. To date, there has been no cost-efficient way to build a test set capable of exposing all program errors for a typical industrial application. In program coverage, the huge program input is partitioned into classes, ...