Awards
There are a number of key takeaways that the prudent researcher of L.L. Bean and its company can discern from studying the way this particular organization approaches rewards and benefits. Foremost of these is the intrinsic value that it adds to an organization to have employees get rewards and benefits based on their participation and engagement with the company's goals. At L.L. Bean, those goals are a customer-oriented environment in which the values of the company are those which are valuable to the customers as well. Thus, employees must demonstrate that they are directly helping to meet those goals of L.L. Bean in order to qualify for the accordant rewards.

It also seems to be extremely beneficial (for both parties involved) to issue bonuses to employees based on their annual salaries. Although L.L. Bean literally spent millions of dollars in issuing such bonuses during 2006, it is critical to note that….

There are several characteristics of resources. First of all, they should have the capacity to generate value. In this case, they should lead to high margins, high sales, low costs and add financial value to a firm. I believe when awards are given to individuals for their excellent performance in public, the value of the company sponsoring them increases (Kaimann, 2013).
areness is another characteristic of a resource that creates a competitive advantage. For those film actors that are awarded for their exceptional performance are often rare and many firms seek to employ them. This increases the competitive advantage and raises the firm that the actor associates himself with beyond the competitive parity. A firm describes the strategic management as the maintenance and development of meaningful skills and assets. By giving awards to the film actors that have done exceptional works. This motivates them and encourages other actors from working….

Awards
Gold Standards

Empowering Employees to Implement an Award Winning Approach

Using TQM to Drive Change and Improve Customer Service

Challenges and Benefits

Total Quality Management: A Case Study of a Quality Award Winning Organization

In today's society, consumers are often seen more as numbers than actual people. Customer service is talked about frequently, but rarely delivered upon. Customer's requests or needs that go beyond what employees typically experience often fall upon the deaf ears of apathetic employees. Complaints are often handled equally as careless. One company, however, has a reputation for being different - itz-Carlton Hotels.

The corporation's commitment to customer satisfaction and guest services is apparent in every facet of their business. It is an employee's duty to go above and beyond the call of duty with each and every customer they service. This two-time winner of the prestigious Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award has truly taken customer service to a level head and shoulders above….

Award Nomination
SEXUAL ASSUALT RESPONSE COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

SSG SHANNON BURCHFIELD-WISE

SSG Shannon Burchfield-Wise has proven to be the best advocate and is highly recommended for the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) of the Year for her numerous achievements while serving as the U.S. Army Garrison, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator.

SSG Burchfield-Wise is a Non-Commissioned Officer that lives and breathes to take care of Army personnel, Army civilians, and Family members, should an unfortunate incident occur. During her tenure, SSG Burchfield-Wise's most noble achievements and lauded strategies include building the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) program that now serves as a model for everyone. She built the program with viability to sustain high levels of awareness and restore trust in our systems to do the right thing.

SSG Burchfield-Wise established the Civilian Hire Training Plan for SARC/SHARP and VA/SHARP programs as well as incorporated SHARP training into the Active Duty Soldiers and….

Award Winning Practices in Quality Initiatives
Quality Initiative Practices

Sutter Davis Hospital (SDH) offers acute care services in four basic areas, namely, medical-surgical along with ICU, emergency care, surgical services and pregnancy and maternity services. This 48-bed facility is the only one in Calif that offers acute care services. There are only two such facilities in the whole county. The hospital offers services tailored along the structure of Sutter Health System. There are 385 workers at this facility. There is an extra team of 100 volunteers to support the employees. In 2012, the facility generated almost $95 million in revenue (NIST, 2013).

The Quality Improvement Project: Description

The scores for specified groups of patients such as those with congestive heart failure or perhaps acute myocardial Infarction, as well as, even Pneumonia have been ranked among the top 10%ile in the whole country from 2010 to date.

The facility exceeds the top 10 standard mark overall….

Leadership Evaluation
Introduction to Award Program

Any discussion of employee incentive programs will make use of many different terms, most of which will mean different things to different people. In order to ensure the discussion has apples-to-apples clarity, this paper begins with a basic lexicon.

Employee incentives are a form of payment that is tied to the performance of employees. The incentive payment can be either intangible or tangible, and with or without an actual cash value. Because they are non-discretionary, incentive payments can be given at any time when the performance of an employee warrants it. This inclusive category includes awards, bonuses, recognition, and rewards.

The categorical term award covers a lot of territory, and commonly includes monetary incentives, plaques and trophies, prizes and contest payouts, public recognition and commendation, and travel bonuses. A reward is generally given to an individual when a pre-determined goal has been met. Bonuses are typically distributed to….

Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is named after Malcolm Baldrige, who was Secretary of Commerce from 1981 until 1987. Baldrige was known for his focus on efficiency and effectiveness, and the award was developed to recognize and reward those qualities in business. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is an award managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is a branch of the Department of Commerce. On August 20, 1987, Congress signed Public Law 100-107 into law, establishing the award. The award created a private-public partnership including the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and the award was established in 1988. The award was established in response to a perception that the United States was beginning to face significant challengers from foreign nations in terms of product and process quality in business. Furthermore, they recognized that quality has a significant….

Genius Award
20th Century Genius Award: John Lennon

It is with great pleasure and honor that the Committee of Genius presents the 20th Century Genius Award for Excellence in the Age of Pluralism and the Age of Modernism to English artist, musician, and social activist John Lennon.

John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England in 1940. In 1957, when he was still a teenager, Lennon founded a rock and roll band with a bass player Paul McCartney. Their friendship and musical talents blossomed and became the Beatles -- one of the biggest, most successful, and world-renowned musical acts in history. As his biographer Anthony DeCurtis (n.d.) points out, "If John Lennon had only been one of the four members of the Beatles, his artistic immortality would already have been assured." However, there is more to John Lennon than the Beatles. Lennon's life work "suggested not merely a profound musical and literary sensibility --….

Application Questions for an Award
Answers to Application Question Prompts

I must point out from the onset that I have great passion for teaching. Indeed, this is what keeps me teaching in my school. In that regard, therefore, I could have successfully offered my services as a teacher in any other location. It is, however, important to note that unlike other States in the U.S., New York is different. In addition to being dynamic, the city is also culturally diverse. I find engaging students from diverse cultures rather fascinating.

With regard to my impact on student learning in the classroom, it is important to note that in the past, I have adopted a number of strategies to maximize both learning and retention. Apart from facilitating class participation by encouraging group work, I also make use of classroom assessments as a learning enhancement tool. Also, I have been able to improve the creative abilities,….

award for continuing my matriculation as a master's student in Transportation Management will make an important difference in my academic and career goals. It will allow me to complete my Master of Science degree in Transportation Management, and provide me with the skills to reach my career goal of a full-time management position.
Academically, I have a long-standing commitment to excellence in professional education. Currently, I am pursuing a Master of Science degree in Transportation Management (MSTM) at the Mineta Transportation Institute of San Jose State University. Prior to my enrolment at San Jose, I earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in December 1994.

As a registered Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California, I have seven years of professional experience, with five in a management capacity. In pursuing my MSc at San Jose State University, I am endeavouring to improve my existing….

From the invitations to the choice of winners, the Oscars maintains the image of choosing its winners carefully through a rigorous voting process, creating the prestige of being a credible and professional award-giving body. In fact, actors and actresses themselves respect this air of prestige and exclusivity, that an actor/actress considers himself/herself a seasoned and skilled artist just by being nominated -- more so if chosen as winner -- by the Oscars (Elliott, 2006).
The third difference that makes the Oscars different from the MTV-MA is that the former delves more into more socially-relevant films, thereby giving the choice of Academy winners a "political angle" -- that is, the degree in which the jurors/voters considered the film socially-relevant and significant to the entertainment business and American society (C News, 2006). The political nature of the Oscars is contrasted by the MTV-MA's strictly for-fun-only attitude towards the choice of winners. In….

Malcolm Baldrige Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is a U.S. national award, which was created by Public Law 100-107, which became a law on August 20, 1987. The Award Program is a part of Public Law 100-107, and aims to create a public-private partnership. The main support for the program is from the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which was established in 1988. The Award is named after Malcolm Baldrige, who was the Secretary of Commerce from 1981 until his tragic death in a rodeo accident in 1987. His managerial excellence has led to a long-term improvement in efficiency and effectiveness of government. (The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 - Public Law 100-107)

Analysis:

The national quality award program in the United States, named after Malcolm Baldrige is expected to help improve quality and productivity by: enabling to stimulate American companies to improve the quality….

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Analysis and Assessment of Its Effectiveness Globally on Product Quality

During the mid 1980s it was becoming increasingly apparent that American businesses were losing their competitive edge to foreign rivals who were transforming quality management into a potent competitive differentiator and value-creator in global markets. Many of America's top industries were increasingly being challenged on product quality and often losing to smaller yet much more quality-obsessed competitors. It was also increasingly apparent that the stronger commitment a given firm had to quality and the continual improvement of processes and products, the greater the potential for higher profitability as well (Bell, Elkins, 2004). Seeing the trending of quality in America declining and drastically increasing globally, the U.S. Congress enacted the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 (Bell, Elkins, 2004). The intent o this analysis is to discuss the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award which is presented….

Quality Award
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) is one of the four 2012 honorees of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Award recipients are evaluated based upon "leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; workforce focus; operations focus; and results" (Newman 2012). Lockheed Martin "designs, develops, manufactures, and supports advanced combat, missile, rocket, and sensor systems for the U.S. And foreign military" (Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, 2012, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award). The company received the Award because of its outstanding ability to uphold high quality standards in a consistent fashion, year after year. The company has been profitable for shareholders and customers alike.

For example, "ratings for customer loyalty have improved 18% since 2007 and are best in class with 100% of customers" and the company's consistent improvements of its processes have yielded 100% on-time deliveries "since 2006, and overall….

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was established by Congress in 1987 to promote quality awareness, to recognize quality and business achievements of U.S. organizations, and to publicize these organizations' successful performance strategies. Now America's highest honor for innovation and performance excellence, the Baldrige Award is presented annually to U.S. organizations by the President of the United States. Awards are given in manufacturing, service, small business, education, health care, and nonprofits ("Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award," 2010).

Organizations interested in applying for the award must submit details showing their achievements and improvements in seven key areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; workforce focus; process management; and results. Applicants receive 300 to 1,000 hours of review and a detailed report on the organization's strengths and opportunities for improvement by an independent board of examiners ("Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award," 2010).

Conclusion

Since the first awards were presented….