Designing a Baldrige-based service to improve business health
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R. Ackoff's idealized design approach on business assessment was used by a volunteer team of managers and consultants to design a two-phase assessment service in order to help state award constituent firms overcome barriers to achieving excellence. A summary of the design approach and its results is also presented.
Publication Name: Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 1478-3363
Year: 2007
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An examination of corporate reporting, environmental management practices and firm performance
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Corporate environmental reports are used to conclude the positive relationship between environmental management practices (EMP) to corporate performance. It is found that the variety of EMPs accessible to businesses is broader than suggested by previous research.
Publication Name: Journal of Operations Management
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0272-6963
Year: 2007
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