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An evaluative study on attempts to improve the quality of processes for the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorSimmers, Cheryl L.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:32:23Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-24en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:32:23Zen
dc.date.issued1994en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-24en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-24en
dc.description.abstractQuality awards are formal award programs that have been established to recognize organizations (or sub-units thereof) for achieving excellence in quality and productivity. The criteria of these awards require a systematic and comprehensive program that is mature either from time or results. These awards are issued on a regular, typically annual, basis. The administrators of the awards can range from individual companies to state governments to the federal government. Recipients of these awards can be organizations or sub-units of organizations. Further, the recipients could involve specific projects and programs. The recipients are ultimately defined by the specific award process. This thesis describes the quality award program in the State of Virginia. Overall, this thesis is a formative evaluation of the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia. This research reviews the processes used in determining winners for this award. Recommendations are made to improve the application evaluation and feedback processes, in particular. The thesis describes the types of key performance indicators that organizations report in their applications. A set of common key performance indicators were collected to form a type of measurement system to assess the “health” of organizations in the State of Virginia. The purpose of this measurement system is to provide benchmarks to other organizations in the state. As a final output, this research compares the key performance indicators reported in applications to two measurement frameworks provided in the literature.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentx, 181 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03242009-040925en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03242009-040925/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41785en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1994.S575.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 31298389en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1994.S575en
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial productivity -- Awards -- Virginiaen
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial productivity -- Virginia -- Measurementen
dc.subject.lcshProductivity and Quality Award for Virginiaen
dc.subject.lcshQuality control -- Awards -- Virginiaen
dc.titleAn evaluative study on attempts to improve the quality of processes for the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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