National Book Critics Circle Award

Dream? More Like a Nightmare. Bernie Sanders once said “For many, the American dream has become a nightmare”. The past notions that America is country in which people have freedom and the ability to better their lives has died within the last several decades. However, some are still under the belief that the dream lives. This has done nothing but make their lives and the lives of their dependents worse as their identity has become convoluted. The fact the American Dream is nothing but a…

Relationships are a significant part of an individual’s like. The people that make up those relationships, the kinds or sorts of relationships they are, what those relationships are based (the basis for those relationships). They can make an individual’s life in one way or another. Ways never expected, it can be positive or it can be negative. But either way, it presents one with the ability to learn from it whether there be good or bad consequences that stem from it. It’s something to look back…

In 1993, academy award winning actors Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington starred in the movie, Philadelphia, the first major motion picture to address the issue of HIV/AIDS (Howard, 2015). One intent of this movie was to highlight homophobia, the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals ("Homophobia", 2016), in addition to highlighting the Nation's baseless fear of those infected with HIV/AIDS. These fears were fueled by a lack of education regarding…

includes holding the SMEs National Awards Competition to select the best SMEs (OSMEP, 2014) in accordance with a set of criteria from the Thailand Quality Award (TQA) which is considered a world-class award. The fundamentals of the technical and decision-making processes are identical to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) of the United States of America, as the MBNQA is being adopted by many countries around the world (TQA, 2014). The SMES National Award sets criteria from the…

managerial skills and his contributions leading to improvements in the economy, the Quality Improvement Act of 1987 was renamed the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award after his death. The purpose of The Baldrige National Quality Award is to give recognition to businesses and organizations for their outstanding and excellent performance and service. “The award was originally intended for manufacturing businesses but evolved to include service companies, healthcare, nonprofit and…

In the current manufacturing and business world, quality management has become an important aspect. Demand by for quality goods and services is the primary reason for the pursuance of quality in the outputs. Apparently, consumers have become aware of their right to quality products and services than before. They are therefore more selective on what they purchase. This awareness has increased the competitiveness in the market, and this has forced all firms to result in quality management to cope…

Malcolm Baldrige Malcolm Baldrige model of quality management practice is the expansion of application of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award originally for US companies excelling in quality management and quality of achievement to education settings (Arcaro,1995) . The award criteria are based on core values and concepts of customer focus-driven quality,Leadership, continuous improvement, total participation, fast response, design quality and…

be nominated, let alone receive the Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award. When an organization receives this designation they are stating that they are one of the best in the country in terms of quality care. Patients and customers will except to receive this quality treatment whenever they visit that location that has received this prestigious award. In 2015 one of the best hospitals in the United States received this prestigious award. That hospital is the Charleston Area Medical Center Health…

The Oberoi group was founded by late Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh in 1934. The first Oberoi Hotel came into existence by converting Maharaja’s palace in Srinagar and converted it into “The Oberoi Palace Hotel”. Since then the Oberoi Hotel chain is growing, marking a luxurious mark at each step. Product The Oberoi Palace Hotel in Srinagar, Kashmir was introduced by leasing Maharaja’s palace and converting it into a hotel in 1956. After that the company started its flight services in 1957. The first…

It was a warm fall day. A grey Dodge minivan was driving along the plains of Nebraska. The destination of the vehicle was Denver, Colorado. More specifically they were going to a Denver Broncos football game between the Broncos and the Oakland Raiders. I was in the vehicle with my Mom, Dad, and some family friends whose names were Martin and Michelle. We were trying not to let the monotonous drive dwell on our spirits as we told jokes, listened to the radio and took the occasional nap. As…