Identify four quality awards that have been implemented by nations or coalitions outside the United States. Explain their relationship to the Baldrige Award

Answer 1

Some international quality award programs include the European Quality Award, the Canadian Awards for Business Excellence, the Australian Business Awards, and the Chinese National Quality Award.
The categories in the European Excellence Award Framework are roughly equivalent to those in Baldrige. Like the Baldrige Core Values and Concepts, the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) framework is based on a set of "Fundamental Concepts of Excellence.". The EFQM Excellence Award is the highest form of recognition, similar to Baldrige.
The Canadian Awards for Business Excellence quality criteria are similar in structure to the Baldrige Award Criteria, with some key differences. Separate, but similar, criteria are used for business organizations, public sector organizations, and "healthy workplace" organizations. The major categories and items within each category are: leadership, customer focus, planning for improvement, people focus, process optimization, and supplier focus. These categories seek similar information as the Baldrige Award Criteria.
As with Baldrige, the Australian Business Excellence Award Framework emphasizes the holistic and interconnected nature of the management process. The criteria are benchmarked with the Baldrige Criteria and the European Business Excellence Model.
The Chinese National Quality Award criteria are based on components of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and are geared toward China's unique business environment—especially in improving business credibility, brand-building strategy and sustainable development. The Chinese government used Representatives of the Shanghai Academy of Quality Management, who helped write the country's new quality standard, and invited Baldrige Award winners to report on their processes. At the same time, they held many seminars to study Baldrige Criteria, learning to adapt those concepts to Chinese quality policy.