P E R F O R M A N C E   E X C E L L E N C E
  S T U D Y  A W A R D S

Business Excellence New Zealand manages the PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE STUDY AWARDS (PESA). The Awards are supported by New Zealand government agencies and businesses to promote the use of performance excellence criteria in New Zealand. This public and private sector sponsoring partnership has maintained the value and appeal of the Awards over the last seventeen years.

• The PESA Criteria are the internationally recognised Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria

• Baldrige trained assessors working in partnership wit US based Baldrige examiners provide all PESA applicants with independent written feedback on their application

• Awards applicants have the opportunity to participate in the annual PESA Study Visit to the USA

• In keeping with the principles of the Criteria for the PESA, the awards continue to evolve in line with international best practice and remain aligned to the Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria

• The benefits of using the PESA Criteria are well recognised and the regular updating process against the Baldrige Criteria ensures that New Zealand organisations remain calibrated to international best practice

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• The direct linkage between the PESA  and Baldrige Performance Excellence programmes gives New Zealand organisations access to one of the most respected models for business improvement in the world.

• The 2012 PESA Application Document provides full details to PESA applicants in
  the business, local government, health and education sectors.

• The pdf version of the 2012 PESA Application Document is available by clicking here.