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2019–2020 Baldrige Graphics

Baldrige Excellence Framework | Baldrige Excellence Framework (Education) | Baldrige Excellence Framework (Health Care)

Framework Overview

 

The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence Overview consists of the six categories (Organizational Profile, Leadership, Strategy, Customers, Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management, Workforce, Operations, and Results).

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Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance. Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

 

The Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence Overview consists of the six categories (Organizational Profile, Leadership, Strategy, Customers, Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management, Workforce, Operations, and Results).

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Education

Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance (Education). Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

 

The Baldrige Health Care Criteria for Performance Excellence Overview consists of the six categories (Organizational Profile, Leadership, Strategy, Customers, Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management, Workforce, Operations, and Results).

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Health Care

Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance (Health Care). Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

From Fighting Fires to Innovation:
An Analogy for Learning

 

2019-2020 Baldrige Framework Fighting Fires to Innovation Analogy jpeg Download

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Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance. Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

Steps toward Mature Processes
 

 

2019-2020 Baldrige Framework Steps Toward Mature Processes JPEG Download

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Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance. Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

 

The Role of Core Values and Concepts

 

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Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance. Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

 

2019-2020 Baldrige Education Framework Role of Core Values and Concepts JPEG Download

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Education

Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance (Education). Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

 

2019-2020 Baldrige Health Care Framework Role of Core Values and Concepts JPEG Download

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Health Care

Credit: From Baldrige Performance Excellence Program. 2019. 2019–2020 Baldrige Excellence Framework: Proven Leadership and Management Practices for High Performance (Health Care). Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/baldrige.

 

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Created June 7, 2019, Updated April 19, 2021