Malcolm Baldrige: 26th Secretary Of Commerce By President Ronald Reagan

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Malcolm Baldrige was nominated to be the 26th Secretary of Commerce by President Ronald Reagan on December 11, 1980, and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1981. President Ronald Reagan stated, "The economic liberty and strong competition that is indispensable to economic progress were principles that Malcolm Baldrige stressed." During his incumbency, Malcolm Baldrige’s role was in developing and carrying out trade policies and took the lead in resolving difficulties in technology transfers to China and India. Baldrige held the first Cabinet-level talks with the Soviet Union in seven years, which paved the way for increased access for U.S. firms to the Soviet market. He was highly regarded by the world's most pre-eminent leaders. …show more content…

The Board of Examiners is comprised of more than 300 quality experts selected from industry, professional and trade organizations, university, government agencies, education and healthcare, and from the ranks of business retirees. As an examiner, they must take part in a three-day preparation course, to form a judging panel to oversee the Baldrige award examination items, scoring criteria, and the examination process itself. Examples of what the judging panel are interested in, which is oddly not awarded for a specific product or service, but are looking to the aspects of continuous improvements in deliveries, how a company can demonstrates efficient and effective operations, and to provide a way of responding to customers and …show more content…

In fact, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award medal, which is presented by the President of the United States, is highly commendable for achieving an organization’s "Quest for Excellence". This is precisely why the Baldrige Excellence Framework bases an organization on performance excellence, core values and concepts, and scoring guidelines. And this is exactly why it is not; whatsoever, easily attainable! Becoming a recipient of this medal is so admirable for proving that this organization has the right stuff or what it takes to succeed in a business arena. In other words, they have the right tools in making a company integrate and aligned itself through their management framework program (criteria), and above all understand how to run an organization-no matter its sector or

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