BEST PRACTICE AND BUSINESS EXCELLENCE Sample Clauses

BEST PRACTICE AND BUSINESS EXCELLENCE. 4.1 The City and the Employees agree that ‘best practice’ is the means of identifying and achieving business excellence, as outlined in the Australian Business Excellence Framework (ABEF). It is a comprehensive, integrated and co-operative approach to the continuous improvement of all elements of an organisation’s operations. Best practices and business excellence are not fixed or restricted to an examination of costs only, but also include quality of service and timeliness of delivery. The 12 principles of the Australian Business Excellent Framework are: (i) Clear direction, which allows organisational alignment and a focus on achievement of goals. (ii) Mutually agreed plans that translate organisational direction into actions. (iii) Understanding of what customer’s value, now and into the future, which influences organisational direction, strategy and action. (iv) To improve the outcome, improve the system and its associated processes. (v) That the potential of an organisation is realised through its people’s enthusiasm, resourcefulness and participation. (vi) Continual improvement and innovation depend on continual learning. (vii) All people work in a system; outcomes are improved when people work on a system. (viii) Effective use of facts, data and knowledge leads to improved decisions. (ix) All systems and processes exhibit variability that impacts on predictability and performance. (x) Organisations provide value to the community through their actions to ensure a clean, safe, fair and prosperous society. (xi) Sustainability is determined by an organisation’s ability to create and deliver value for all stakeholders. (xii) Senior leadership’s constant role modelling of these principles and their creation of a supportive environment to live these principles are necessary for the organisation to reach its true potential.
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BEST PRACTICE AND BUSINESS EXCELLENCE. 4.1 The Parties agree that ‘best practice’ is the means of identifying and achieving business excellence, as outlined in the Australian Business Excellence Framework (ABEF). It is a comprehensive, integrated and co-operative approach to the continuous improvement of all elements of an organisation's operations. Best practices and business excellence are not fixed or restricted to an examination of costs only, but also include quality of service and timeliness of delivery. 4.1.1 The 12 principles of the Australian Business Excellence Framework are: (i) Clear direction, which allows organisational alignment and a focus on achievement of goals. (ii) Mutually agreed plans that translate organisational direction into actions. (iii) Understanding of what customers’ value, now and into the future which influences organisational direction, strategy and action. (iv) To improve the outcome, improve the system and its associated processes. (v) That the potential of an organisation is realised through its people’s enthusiasm, resourcefulness and participation. (vi) Continual improvement and innovation depend on continual learning. (vii) All people work in a system; outcomes are improved when people work on a system. (viii) Effective use of facts, data and knowledge leads to improved decisions. (ix) All systems and processes exhibit variability that impacts on predictability and performance. (x) Organisations provide value to the community through their actions to ensure a clean, safe, fair and prosperous society. (xi) Sustainability is determined by an organisation’s ability to create and deliver value for all stakeholders. (xii) Senior leadership’s constant role modelling of these principles and their creation of a supportive environment to live these principles are necessary for the organisation to reach its true potential. 4.1.1 The 7 categories of the Australian Business Excellence Framework are: (i) Leadership (ii) Strategy and Planning (iii) Knowledge and Information (iv) People (v) Customer and Market Focus (vi) Innovation, Quality and Improvement (vii) Success and Sustainability Each of the 7 categories includes a statement of intent and consists of a number of subcategories called Items. There are 22 items spread across 7 categories. The Framework provides descriptions for each of the Items and these descriptions have been designed specifically to provide guidance to organisations as to what they must address in order to achieve sustained improvement. Categor...
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  • Best Practices The Recipient acknowledges they may or may not have access to the Owner’s Confidential Information and agrees that it shall not directly or indirectly divulge, disclose, or communicate any of the Confidential Information to any third party, except as may be required during any formal business association or dealings on behalf of the Owner for any event, with the prior written approval of the Owner. The Recipient acknowledges that no license of the Confidential Information, by implication or otherwise, is granted to the Recipient by reason of this Agreement. Additionally, the Recipient acknowledges that it may only use the Confidential Information in connection with its business dealings with the Owner and for no other purpose without the prior written consent of the Owner.

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