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Awards
UTCPE Performance Excellence Awards
The University of Texas Center for Performance Excellence (UTCPE) is a recognition program for Texas organizations, based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) Criteria. The UTCPE Program comprises three levels of awards for organizations to participate in a performance excellence journey that may lead ultimately to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award:
LEVEL I
- Commitment Award
Beginning to adopt performance excellence principles.
LEVEL II
- Commitment Award
Beginning a systematic approach to performance excellence principles with performance results. - Progress Award
Demonstrating a systematic approach and some deployment of performance excellence principles, with performance results reported for some areas of importance to the organization.
LEVEL III
- Commitment Award
Demonstrating a systematic approach and deployment of performance excellence principles, with performance results and trends reported for many areas of importance to the organization. - Progress Award
Demonstrating a systematic approach, deployment, and learning of performance excellence principles, with performance results, trends, and comparisons reported for many areas of importance to the organization. - Significant Merit Award
Demonstrating a systematic and effective approach, deployment, learning, and integration of performance excellence principles, with performance improvement results, trends, and comparisons reported for most areas of importance to the organization. - Highest Achievement Award
Demonstrating a systematic and effective approach, deployment, learning, and integration of performance excellence principles, with sustained performance improvement results, trends, and comparisons reported for most areas of importance to the organization.