Forum of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) 2014

On October 20-21, 2014 the delegation of Stavropol State Agrarian University took part in the annual forum of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) (Brussels, Belgium), dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the fund.

The reports of the participants of the Forum 2014 were mainly devoted to creating a sustainable future. This theme was chosen because globalization has a significant impact on the activity of enterprises and macro-economic environment. For most participants, this leads to the fact that the characteristic feature of modern senior and middle management becomes fear of the risks, and necessary and important decisions are not made on time, simply because managers are afraid of making a mistake.

Therefore, in the framework of the forum known companies shared their experience of running a successful business in the context of the ongoing crisis, the limited availability of clear forecasting activities, aging professionals in order to help interested companies to “comply with the future” - to maintain or improve their competitiveness by using the criteria of the EFQM Excellence Model, introducing innovations and new technology.

Among the speakers there were Andreas Wendt, CEO of BMW Plant Regensburg (Germany); Rolf Bulander, Member of the Management Board of the company Robert Bosh GmbH (Germany); Lars Aagaard, vice president of the Management Board of Grundfos Holding A/S and others.

During the forum there was also the ceremony of awarding the finalists and prize winners of “EFQM Excellence Award”-2014. The winner became the company Bosch Technologie Diesel e Sistemi Frenanti S.p.A. (Italy).

* European Foundation for Quality Management was founded in 1988 by the presidents of 14 world-known successful European companies (Bosch, BT, Bull, Ciba-Geigy, Dassault, Electrolux, Fiat, KLM, Nestlé, Olivetti, Philips, Renault, Sulzer, Volkswagen) with the assistance of the European Commission. Currently EFQM brings together more than 700 leading organizations in Europe and the world which are interested in improving their competitiveness by improving management practices and the quality of products and services.

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