Managing Quality Contests Based on Excellence Model at the Local Level. Selected Conditions and Problems – Case Study
Managing Quality Contests Based on Excellence Model at the Local Level. Selected Conditions and Problems – Case Study

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article was to present characteristic phenomena accompanying competitions for quality awards based on the use of the organizational excellence models implemented at the regional level. Typical problems were identifid, the understanding of which allows for a better use of the idea of excellence to raise the overall level of maturity of organizations aspiring to quality awards at every level. The results of self-assessment and external verifiation of organizations participating in the 21st edition of the Competition for the Pomeranian Quality Award were presented. On the basis of in-depth interviews with employees of the competition organizing unit as well as source materials, a diagnosis of the current state concerning this undertaking was presented and some directions of improvement actions were defied.

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