http://community.nicic.org/blogs/hpco/archive/2009/06/13/baldrige-national-quality-program-and-hpco-applications.aspxAn earlier post on this blog asked readers to examine the question, What attributes are associated with high performing correctional organizations? Now we add the question, How does one define and, more importantly, measure them? While not a perfect fitenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)http://community.nicic.org/blogs/hpco/archive/2009/06/13/baldrige-national-quality-program-and-hpco-applications.aspx#17660Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:50:56 GMT26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:17660Tracy Goldenberg<p>Thanks for your feedback, Steve. I think your point about the PBMS is a great one!</p> <img src="http://community.nicic.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17660" width="1" height="1">http://community.nicic.org/blogs/hpco/archive/2009/06/13/baldrige-national-quality-program-and-hpco-applications.aspx#17471Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:12:27 GMT26cc0436-63b6-4ef3-9d43-d8006bc9b9ca:17471steve king<p>Tracy - Thanks for the article. It was thought provoking and well worth considering. &nbsp;Nebraska DOC implemented Quality under the leadership of then director Harold W. Clarke in 1993. &nbsp;John Eggers, now with NIC, was the training administrator then and he actually talked about what it would be like to go for the Baldrige Award. &nbsp;It has a lot of applicability to Corrections and now with the Performance-Based Measruement System (PBMS) in place there is a ready made set of performance data for those states who participate. &nbsp;</p> <p>I like the idea that the Baldrige Criteria set forth - pulling an organization toward greater excellence/higher performance.</p> <img src="http://community.nicic.org/aggbug.aspx?PostID=17471" width="1" height="1">