Baldrige Award
It's called the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
It's an award – and a methodology – for establishing and demonstrating quality and performance excellence.
2008 Baldrige Recipients
Three organizations were honored as recipients of the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (click links for profiles and contact information): Cargill Corn Milling North America of Wayzata, Minnesota in the manufacturing category; Poudre Valley Health System of Fort Collins, Colorado in the health care category; and Iredell-Statesville Schools of Statesville, North Carolina in the education category.
An ASQ Case Study (Open Access) chronicled how Iredell-Statesville Schools used a Baldrige-based approach to turn around a mediocre, financially troubled district in just a few years.
Read the official Baldrige Award announcement from the National Institute for Standards and Technology.
Facts from A to Z on this prestigious mark of quality.
Featured Book
The Pocket Guide to the Baldrige Award Criteria - 14th Edition
Concise explanations, quick tips and real-world examples about all Baldrige categories and criteria.
Featured Articles
Baldrige Self-Assessment: Practical Tips for Increasing the Value-Add from the Process
How to keep your Baldrige process from stalling after your self-assessment.
Logged-in Members: Instant Access. Or you can buy a PDF.
The Baldrige Model: An Integrated and Aligned Systems Approach to Performance Excellence
by Paul Borawski (ASQ's Executive Director and Chief Strategic Officer) and Maryann Brennan
This article from the Journal of Association Leadership explains how making a good association into a great association requires a performance-management system that focuses on sustainability and innovation.
Related Information
- Government, Nonprofit Organizations Are Now Eligible for the Baldrige Award
- Logged-in Members: Instant Access to detailed information on the nonprofit Baldrige category. (PDF, 127 KB)
ASQ Networks
- Baldrige for Healthcare - Includes Baldrige for Healthcare Audiocasts
- Baldrige for Education - Includes Baldrige for Education Discussion Board
Other Books on Baldrige
- Baldrige Award Winning Quality - 17th Edition
- Insights to Performance Excellence 2008
- The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria
- More Books
Other Articles
- Avoid Random Acts of Improvement With Baldrige – Logged-in members: Instant Access. Or you can buy a PDF.
- Begin With the End (of the Process) In Mind - Open Access
