Productivity Promotion

The 1995 Productivity Charter stipulates under section 2.5 that an excellence awards be introduced to be used as a stimulus and encouragement for organisations to implement quality and productivity measures in the workplace. The section also states that the ‘President will be associated with the Fiji Business Excellence Awards’.

Pursuant to the above, the Fiji Business Excellence Awards was launched in 1998 by the Late President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. The launching took place at the Raffles Tradewinds on 13th November, 1998.

The purpose for setting up the Fiji Business Excellence Awards is to promote business excellence by providing a Framework or Criteria for assessment that is based on similar principles as other awards throughout the world.

The FBEA Framework is based on the Australian Business Excellence Framework and is comparable with similar frameworks around the world including the Japan Quality Awards, Singapore Quality awards, Thailand Quality Awards, and European Quality Awards.

The vision of the Fiji Business Excellence Awards Secretariat, which has the responsibility for administering the Awards, programme, is to create world-class organisations and to bring a better quality of life for our people. However this vision goes beyond the competitive performance of organisations to embrace the concept of all in Fiji working together to create a clean, safe, fair and prosperous society.

National Quality and business excellence awards, around the world, have been a beacon and blueprint for driving a wide variety of organisations to their highest levels.

The USA Malcolm Baldrige Quality Awards, the European Quality Awards and the Australian Business Excellence awards were amongst the first awards introduced in the late 80s and early 90s. Today there are more than 80 countries around the world that have adopted such frameworks and associated awards processes. This growth testifies to increasing global interest in and commitment to adopting national excellence frameworks.

The Fiji Business Excellence Awards Framework emphasizes a holistic application of excellent business practices through the full cycle of continuous improvement.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF FIJI BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS EVALUATORS

1. Holds a degree in Management (or equivalent experience)
2. Worked in a Commercial Entity
3. Involvement in Project Planning and Business Development
4. Involvement in Research Work
5. Experience in Writing Project or Board Papers
6. Member of a Professional Institute
7. Industrial Experience
8. Strong Analytical Skills
9. Good Communication Skills
10. Ability to work in a team (Pragmatic)
11. Good command of English

FBEA EVALUATOR’S APPLICATION FORM

THE FBEA FRAMEWORK

THE FBEA ASSESMENT

THE FBEA APPLICANT APPLICATION FORM