Applications for the 2012 Australian Business Excellence Awards are now OPEN.
Overview
The Australian Business Excellence Awards have been celebrating business success in Australia for twenty years and are recognised as
Australia’s premier business Award program. The Awards present an opportunity for a broad range of businesses and organisations from across
Australia to celebrate and showcase their excellence practices against internationally recognised business principles.
Why Enter?
Levels of Recognition
Criteria
How to Apply
Important Dates
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Why Enter?
- Recent research indicates that public listed award winners of the Australian Business Excellence Awards out perform the
All Ordinaries benchmark by more than 3 to 1
- To facilitate a continous business improvement culture throughout your orgnisation
- To secure a detailed feedback report on your organisation, identifying strengths and opportunites for improvement
- To gain recognition for your organisation's achievements and provide an opportunity for your people to be involved in showcasing your organisation's excellent practices.
- To celebrate your organisation's success
- To differentiate your organisation and provide a competitive edge through use of the prestigious Australian Business Excellence Awards Mark
- To gain international recognition through the Global Excellence Model (GEM) Council
- To join a prestigious group of past winners
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Levels of Recognition
In 2008 we introduced recognition for Foundation in Business Excellence. Recipients of this commendation will demonstrate approach, initial deployment and show evidence of improvement. This is to recognise and inspire organisations that have commenced a journey of continuous improvement using the Business Excellence Framework.
Bronze Award - Bronze Award recipients will demonstrate Approach and Deployment that are well defined, planned, subject to review and show evidence of improvement in its Approach over time. Results will be comparable with external organisations. Approaches have been in place long enough to show results in key areas and the organisation is learning and willing to share its learnings. Typical evaluation scores range from 501 – 600.
Silver Award - Organisations at this level should be able to demonstrate not only performance against the Framework at the previous levels but also a philosophy of management that reflects the principles that underpin it and other Frameworks around the globe. The best practice culture will have been in place long enough to sustain continuing improvement and be robust in the face of major change. Typical evaluation scores range from 601 – 650.
Gold Award - Organisations at this level should meet all the expectations for the other levels of recognition plus be able to demonstrate superior performance in at least 5 of the Categories in the Framework and also have scored at least 50% in each Item. The organisation clearly demonstrates best practice business excellence activities and serves as a benchmark for other organisations. Typical evaluation scores exceed 650.
- The Excellence Medal will be awarded to the best applicant organisation amongst all Award level applicants Applicants. Only one Excellence Medal is awarded each year.
- The Prize is the pre-eminent Award available for businesses in
Australia. Only two organisations have achieved this level of excellence since the Awards’ inception in 1988. Organisations at this level have not only a mature approach to all facets of the business, but have demonstrated they are achieving results against their objectives and have in place a learning process to continuously improve. Even at this high level of performance, the organisation constantly reviews and improves in every area to ensure high levels of excellence in everything they do. These organisations are among 'the Best in the World'. Organisations previously recognised at Gold Award level are eligible to apply for the Prize. For more information about the Prize, contact the Awards Manager.
Category Level
Organisations receiving Category Awards will have achieved the highest evaluation score for that Category. The organisation recognised in each category will demonstrate a high level of performance in the subjects pertinent to that Category. There will be only one organisation recognised in each Category. The categories are:
Leadership - strategic direction setting, leadership, organisational culture and contribution to the environment and the community.
Strategy and Planning - planning process, understanding their business environment and their development and application of resources.
Information and Knowledge - collection and interpretation of data and information, their integration and use of knowledge in decision-making and how they create and manage knowledge.
People - how they involve their people, how they develop and ensure the effectiveness of their people and how they safeguard health, safety and well-being.
Customer and Market Focus - knowledge of their customers and market, how they manage their customer relationships and measure, manage and improve customers’ perception of the value they provide.
Process Management, Improvement and Innovation - their innovation process, their supplier and partner processes, the management and improvement of all of their processes and the quality of their products and services.
Success and Sustainability - the processes which the organisation has in place for measuring its success, and for measuring those things which will influence its sustainability.
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Criteria
Business Excellence Award applications are evaluated against all items in the Business Excellence Framework. Purchase a copy of the Business Excellence Framework which was revised in 2007.
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How to Apply
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To enter the Australian Business Excellence Awards:
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Step 1: Review Guidelines and Criteria
Read through the Application Guidelines for your nominated entry level
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Step 2: Complete Application
Applicants at all levels are required to complete an Application Form
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Step 3: Submit Application
Completed applications can be submitted via email to awards@saiglobal.com or on CD via post addressed to:
Ravi Fernando
Australian Business Excellence Awards
SAI Global
GPO Box 5420
Sydney
NSW 2000
We invite you to join a list of excellent organisations that have been involved with, or have been past winners in the Australian Business Excellence Awards over the past twenty years.
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"Computershare Operations has benefited significantly from our involvement in the Australian Business Excellence Award process.
The independent and rigorous external assessment of our organisation against internationally standardised benchmarks and criteria has given added impetus to our overall change journey, and to our innovation and continuous improvement efforts in particular."
Graham Giannini
Director of Operations
Computershare
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Important Dates
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Applications Open
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9 February 2012
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Applications Close
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20 April 2012
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Written Submission Due
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4 May 2012
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Desktop Evaluations
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June 2012
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Site Visits
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July - August 2012
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Panel of Review
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September 2012
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Winner Notification
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October 2012
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Awards Presentation Night
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17 October 2012
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Feedback Report Issued
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29 October 2012
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Contact Us
For further information regarding in the Australian Business Excellence Awards application process, please contact us today on
1300 650 262 or email improve@saiglobal.com
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The Awards are open to all organisations operating in
Australia. You can apply at the Award or Category level.
Award Level
At each level of recognition, except the Excellence Medal, there may be more than one recipient. Levels of recognition are awarded based on the recommendation of the Evaluation Team and the decision of the Panel of Review. The score is only one of the criteria for this final decision. Other considerations include the extent of the applicant’s adherence to the 8 principles of business excellence, suitability of benchmarking by other organisations and whether improvement is uniform across the whole Framework and applicant organisation.
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Australian Business Excellence Prize
Excellence Medal
Silver Award
