Five years with quality awards in Denmark
Abstract
In Denmark two different quality awards exist: the Danish Quality Award and the Quality Award for the Public Sector. In this paper we present the average results obtained by public and private applicants to the two existing Danish quality awards. Results are compared between sectors and are also compared across time to show changes in the level of implementation of total quality management in Danish companies. Private companies have improved in nearly all areas from 1993 to 1996. Public institutions have been competing for the first time in 1997 and show a relative strength in enabling areas compared to result areas. Public results in 1997 are very similar to the private results from 1993. Furthermore we describe the quality situation in Denmark and the plans for further development with particular emphasis on the role that the Danish Quality Award Organisation is expected to play in the future.
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Citation
Kristensen, K. and Jørn Juhl, H. (1999), "Five years with quality awards in Denmark", The TQM Magazine, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 80-83. https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789910257019
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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