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PREPARING AN APPLICATION FOR THE BALDRIGE AWARD
information, you should be able to avoid making some of the errors that others have made
in thepast. Ihave listed and discussed ten of the most common mistakes in the pages that
follow. Some of these are minor errors, but most are mistakes that may cost you a large
percentage of the points that otherwise might have been earned for a particular item.
Some of the information in this section is based upon the Baldrige Award Criteria.
Other information is based upon my own and other examiners’ experience in
reviewing applications.
Mistake #1: Reiteration of Words from the Criteria
This is a technique ...