2005 Baldrige Criteria (Actionable Version)

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2005 Baldrige Actionable Criteria Framework: A True Systems Perspective

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Each 2005 Criteria Category, Item, or Area below links to its full wording, definitions, best practices, core values, and the Scoring Guidelines.

Organizational Profile P.0: Environment, Relationships, and Challenges

Item P.1: Organizational Description

Area P.1a: Organizational Environment

Area P.1b: Organizational Relationships

Item P.2: Organizational Challenges

Area P.2a: Competitive Environment

Area P.2b: Strategic Challenges

Area P.2c: Performance Improvement System

Category 1: Leadership

Item 1.1: Senior Leadership

Area 1.1a: Vision and Values

Area 1.1b: Communication and Organizational Performance

Item 1.2: Governance and Social Responsibilities

Area 1.2a: Organizational Governance

Area 1.2b: Legal and Ethical Behavior

Area 1.2c: Support of Key Communities

Category 2: Strategic Planning

Item 2.1: Strategy Development

Area 2.1a: Strategy Development Process

Area 2.1b: Strategic Objectives

Item 2.2: Strategy Deployment

Area 2.2a: Action Plan Development and Deployment

Area 2.2b: Performance Projection

Category 3: Customer & Market Knowledge

Item 3.1: Customer and Market Knowledge

Area 3.1a: Customer and Market Knowledge

Item 3.2: Customer Relationships and Satisfaction

Area 3.2a: Customer Relationship Building

Area 3.2b: Customer Satisfaction Determination

Category 4: Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management

Item 4.1: Measurement, Analysis, Review of Organizational Performance

Area 4.1a: Performance Measurement

Area 4.1b: Performance Analysis and Review

Item 4.2: Information and Knowledge Management

Area 4.2a: Data and Information Availability

Area 4.2b: Organizational Knowledge Management

Area 4.2c: Data, Information, and Knowledge Quality

Category 5: Human Resource Focus

Item 5.1: Work Systems

Area 5.1a: Organization and Management of Work

Area 5.1b: Employee Performance Management System

Area 5.1c: Hiring and Career Progression

Item 5.2: Employee Learning and Motivation

Area 5.2a: Employee Education, Training, Development

Area 5.2b: Motivation and Career Development

Item 5.3: Employee Well-Being, Satisfaction

Area 5.3a: Work Environment

Area 5.3b: Employee Support and Satisfaction

Category 6: Process Management

Item 6.1: Value Creation Processes

Area 6.1a: Value Creation Processes

Item 6.2: Support Processes, Operational Planning

Area 6.2a: Support Processes

Area 6.2b: Operational Planning

Category 7: Business Results

Item 7.1: Product and Service Outcomes

7.1a: Product performance important to customers; service performance important to customers; competitive comparison performance

Item 7.2: Customer-Focused Results

7.2a(1): Customer satisfaction; customer dissatisfaction; competitor customer satisfaction

7.2a(2): Customer-perceived value; customer loyalty; customer retention; positive referral; customer relationship building

Item 7.3: Financial and Market Results

7.3a(1): Financial performance; financial return; economic value

7.3a(2): Marketplace performance; market share; market position; business growth; new markets entered

Item 7.4: Human Resource Results

7.4a(1): Work system performance results; work system effectiveness results

7.4a(2): Employee learning results; employee development results

7.4a(3): Employee well-being; employee satisfaction; employee dissatisfaction

Item 7.5: Organizational Effectiveness Results

7.5a(1): Value creation processes trends and levels; productivity; cycle time; supplier performance; partner performance; effectiveness; efficiency

7.5a(2): Key other processes performance trends and levels; productivity; cycle time; supplier performance; partner performance; effectiveness; efficiency

Item 7.6: Leadership, Social Responsibility Results

7.6a(1): Organizational strategy accomplishment results, action plan accomplishment results

7.6a(2): Ethical behavior results; breaches in ethical behavior results; stakeholder trust in senior leaders results; governance results

7.6a(3): internal fiscal accountability findings and trends; external fiscal accountability findings and trends

7.6a(4): Regulatory compliance; legal compliance

7.6a(5): Organizational citizenship in support of key communities results

The links below take you directly to the Criteria Item or Area of your choice.

2005 Criteria Items: 1.1 - 1.2 - 2.1 - 2.2 - 3.1 - 3.2 - 4.1 - 4.2 - 5.1 - 5.2 - 5.3 - 6.1 - 6.2 - 7.1 - 7.2 - 7.3 - 7.4 - 7.5 - 7.6 - P.1 - P.2

Area Links: 1.1a-1.1b-1.2a-1.2b-1.2c-2.1a-2.1b-2.2a-2.2b-3.1a-3.2a-3.2b-4.1a-4.1b-4.2a-4.2b-4.2c-5.1a-5.1b-5.1c-5.2a-5.2b-5.3a-5.3b-6.1a-6.2a-6.2b-7.1a-7.2a-7.3a-7.4a-7.5a-7.6a-P.1a-P.1b-P.2a-P.2b-P.2c

2006 Criteria Items: 1.1 - 1.2 - 2.1 - 2.2 - 3.1 - 3.2 - 4.1 - 4.2 - 5.1 - 5.2 - 5.3 - 6.1 - 6.2 - 7.1 - 7.2 - 7.3 - 7.4 - 7.5 - 7.6 - P.1 - P.2

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Original 1988 Baldrige Criteria

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