Plato & Socrates: Excellence in Virtue introduction “Socrates’ positive influence touches us even today” (May 6) and we can learn a great deal about him from one of his students‚ Plato. It is in Plato’s report of Socrates’ trial a work entitled‚ Apology‚ and a friend’s visit to his jail cell while he is awaiting his death in Crito‚ that we discover a man like no other. Socrates was a man following a path he felt that the gods had wanted him to follow and made no excuses for his life
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Performance Excellence and Organizational Change CHAPTER Performance Excellence Profile: Park Place Lexus1 At its two locations in Piano and Grapevine‚ Texas‚ Park Place Lexus (PPL) sells and services new and pre-owned Lexus vehicles‚ and sells Lexus parts to the wholesale and retail markets. PPL is part of the family of Park Place Dealerships (PPD)‚ which includes eight dealerships with 12 franchises. In 1994‚ PPL began benchmarking business practices outside of the automobile industry
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Introducing the EFQM Excellence Model 2010 Introduction Agenda for Today Why change the Model? Drivers of change The Core Team The Process Introduction the EFQM Excellence Model 2010 Fundamental Concepts of Excellence Criteria and Criterion Parts RADAR and Scoring Implementing the EFQM Excellence Model 2010 EFQM Excellence Award 2010 Assessor Training Implementation Guides Self-Assessment Ongoing Review and Update Process Drivers of Change Key Drivers of Change Feedback
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Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence Strayer University Dr. Finn BUS430 The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) – now known as the Baldrige National Quality Program-has been one of the most powerful catalysts for improving organizational performance in the United States (The Collier and Evans (2011) textbook). Strategic planning is applicable for any type of business entity or organization. However‚ people tend to think that it is only meant for large businesses. Strategic
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The Shingo Prize for operational excellence: rewarding world-class practices Satya S. Chakravorty* Department of Management and Entrepreneurship Michael J. Coles College of Business Kennesaw State University 1000 Chastain Road Kennesaw‚ GA 30144–5591‚ USA Fax: 770.423.6606 E-mail: schakrav@kennesaw.edu *Corresponding author J. Brian Atwater Department of Business Administration Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Utah State University 3510 Old Main Hill Logan‚ UT 84322–3510‚ USA Fax:
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Rizal: Polymath- Man of Excellence Rizal? People know him as “national hero of the Philippines” but knowing this person‚ and studying about his life‚ you will then discern the crack-of-the-best underneath his common stories. From a wealthy family‚ everything seems to be possible. But for this young man Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado‚ he took advantage of their wealth for him to study and learn. His potentials were distinctive upon learning things at very young age. This person is never an ordinary
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Mining Excellence at Redmond Minerals HR Management Foundations HRM 500 Mining Excellence at Redmond Minerals The HRM practices that Redmond Minerals needed to change to the support the new strategy within their company was to first recognize the importance of their company personnel and create a strategy that will eliminate fear and promote growth within the company at all positions. The HR department now must attain and evaluate each employee contributions to the company on a scale
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POWERFUL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE Rick Instrell This is an expanded version of a paper delivered at the United Kingdom Literacy Association conference at the University of Chester on 15 July 2011. Abstract The Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) is the current Scottish curricular initiative for 3-18 year-olds. Although most educationists agree with its progressive goals‚ its documents have been criticised as being vague‚ anti-intellectual and ignorant of subject disciplines
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HISTORY OF MISWAK: The Miswak‚ a tree-twig‚ was in use for brushing and cleansing the teeth long before the advent of our Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). In fact the records of our Prophet’s (P.B.U.H) Ahadith indicate that the Miswak was the "Sunnah" or practice of all the Prophets (P.B.U.T). The word Miswak means “RUBBING” or “FRACTION” Actually Miswak is a small piece of wood‚ A Miswak should not be longer than a "span" i.e. the maximum distance between the tips of the thumb and little finger
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Task one Service excellence is important to an organisation as it is the key to gaining new customers and customer retention. Any business must operate on the basis that customer service is the most critical aspect to a business’ success as happy customers are more likely to continue using the service provided and more importantly will pass their experiences onto potential new customers. This is becoming even more significant as customers are communicating their service experiences – good and bad
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