The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria: Improve Revenue and Create Organizational Excellence (Asq Quality Management Division Economics of Quality Book Series) [Paperback]

Denis Leonard and Mac McGuire (Author)

Book Description

Series: Asq Quality Management Division Economics of Quality Book Series | Publication Date: June 6, 2007

This book provides a guide to the Baldrige Criteria for executives or managers new to quality, or to organizations interested in introductory information. National, regional, state, and local quality award organizations will particularly benefit from this book by providing it as a resource to their examiners and to companies wanting to become involved in the Baldrige award process. Companies that have internal quality awards or self-assessments will also find this to be an invaluable resource. The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria can also be used as a guide or reference during training courses such as self-assessment and award application writing workshops, continuing education classes, or colleges and universities with business courses that focus on or discuss the Baldrige Criteria. Portions of this book are based on research from a nationwide Delphi study group assembled for the purpose of evaluating the benefits, considerations, and disadvantages of implementing the Baldrige model. This research effort evaluated the steps involved in adoption and implementing the Baldrige Criteria. So that this book is a complete guide to the Baldrige Criteria, the authors have provided the criteria, outline, and values in appendices for the reader's convenience.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: ASQ Quality Press (June 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087389717X
• ISBN-13: 978-0873897174
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #688,374 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short and Sweet, January 30, 2010

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B. Johnson "Still Learning" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria: Improve Revenue and Create Organizational Excellence (Asq Quality Management Division Economics of Quality Book Series) (Paperback)

I read this book in one day (June 11, 2007) when it was hot off the press.

It is short (82 pages plus appendices for a total of 114 pages) meaning you spend only a little over a quarter per page to get access to the years of research and the many thousand dollars one of the authors expended for you benefit while earning his PhD.

It is also sweet. Some of the many features that I found impressive were the detailed endnotes (references) after each chapter, the balanced approach it takes to both recommending Baldrige and recognizing its difficulties, the payback analysis of using Baldrige (pp 31-44), and the integration of John Kotter's change model (which saves you another $30 by not having to buy Leading Change by Dr Kotter, the foremost authority on change management since Kurt Lewin).

It does have a few shortcomings. It is definitely an introductory level treatment of Baldrige. Do not expect to be a Baldrige expert in 82 pages over one day. The over-reliance on "Baldrigese" obscures its "systems perspective" central theme which is eloquently repeated nevertheless. I found the constantly shifting numbering of repetitious references distracting in trying to follow the provenance of the research. The 15 citations in Chapter 2 on the financial impact of Baldrige include some aging and irrelevant studies and other studies that only indirectly (at best) support the conclusions as to the "proven" financial payback from using the Baldrige Criteria. The ability to capture the benefits of Baldrige are equivocated by the repeated use of the phrase "when fully implemented," a state that arguably is impossible since no recipient has ever achieved "full implementation" according to the Scoring Guidelines and the Baldrige Criteria are updated at last every two years making this a moving target.

I give it Five Stars - smothered in Mac's mama's Paris Texas homemade chili and piled high with jalopenos and a modest speinkle of Wisconsin cheese on top.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Baldrige Overview, July 12, 2007

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Tammi Cooper - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria: Improve Revenue and Create Organizational Excellence (Asq Quality Management Division Economics of Quality Book Series) (Paperback)

This book provides a focused overview of the Baldrige process. It is concisely written for those wanting a high level understanding of the Baldrige criteria from the critera itself to what to expect from undertaking an implementation effort. Of added benefit is the "other impacts of the Baldrige Criteria" provided in chapter 3. This book provides a look from many views that most organizations should find valuable.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Primer on Baldrige, June 28, 2007

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Robert J. Vokurka (Corpus Christi, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria: Improve Revenue and Create Organizational Excellence (Asq Quality Management Division Economics of Quality Book Series) (Paperback)

A great Baldrige primer for executives and manager. Focused and to the point with chapters on the financial impact and other benefits.