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Acting President hails FBE- Pg 1
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Fiji anticipates innovative leaders
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FBEA winners comment - Pg 3
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Fiji
Business
Excellence
Awards (FBEA) fosters world-class
organisations.
Acting President and Chief Justice Hon.
Anthony Gates while officiating at the
FBEA said this initiative prepares and sets
a non-prescriptive framework for the local
organisations to be competitive globally.
He said although Fiji was a very small
country, it had the potential to register on the
global market and was doing so.
“Few months after Winston, Fiji created
history with the amazing achievement of our
Rugby 7’s team in the Rio Olympics. The
achievement of gold serves to remind us
that it’s not the size of the country but the
will of the people to achieve the best,” Chief
Justice Gates said.
“Whatever an individual or an organisation
envisions, if they believe in it and persistently
work towards it, there is no limit as to what
can be achieved. If our athletes can achieve
world-class recognition when they perform
at their peak, we can do the same in the
corporate sector.
“Business
Excellence Awards
that
recognise
excellent
organisational
performance have emerged as an effective
strategy to achieve efficiency, competitive
edge and increased productivity.”
Chief Justice Gates said FBEA promotes
I
ncreased number of organisations
vying for Business Excellence
award confirms National Training &
Productivity Centre’s (NTPC) commitment
to further the national business operating
standards.
Speaking at the Fiji Business Excellence
Awards (FBEA) night, Fiji National
University (FNU) Vice Chancellor,
Professor Nigel Healey said the Excellence
Award recognises the organisations
that have achieved outstanding levels of
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awareness of performance
excellence as an increasingly
important
element
in
competitiveness.
He added that FBEA also
promoted the sharing of
successful
performance
strategies and the benefits
derived from using these
strategies.
“I would like to commend
the
National
Training
&
Productivity Centre (NTPC) of
the Fiji National University for
upholding its national mandate
to promote productivity and
business
excellence.
The
NTPC has been committed to
carrying out this responsibility
very diligently, year in and year
out,” he said.
“It has also been brought to
my attention that the NTPC, is
also committed to developing
competencies for the FBEA
evaluators so that the quality
and credibility of the Awards is
properly maintained.”
This year a total of 120
evaluators
underwent
a
comprehensive
one
week
training which was conducted
by
renowned
international
expert, Mr. Michael Voss.
The Acting President also
commended the work done
by NTPC
being involved
in developing capacities of
organisations willing to adopt
the
business
excellence
framework.
Chief Justice Gates applauded
the active involvement of the
Public Sector in the Business
Excellence journey.
“More than 10 organisations
from the Public Sector applied
for FBEA recognition this year.
This showed that the Business
Excellence Framework is not
just about businesses and profit
organisations but was equally
applicable
to
government
departments and agencies,
NGOs, and wider society,” he
said.
“Business Excellence journey
is a never ending one. In
fact, the journey itself is the
destination.”
business performance.
“The Business Excellence Journey in
Fiji is becoming a national tradition. With
our combined efforts, we endeavour
to build world class organisations that
will secure Fiji’s economic future and
international standing.
“We are celebrating not just the
accomplishments
of
the
award
recipients, but also the contributions
of the many individuals who have
contributed to the success and culture
of excellence they have fostered in their
organisations,” he said.
Over the last 17 years, 194 business
V
isionary Leadership
is a core principle
of
the
Business
Excellence Framework
Acting
President
and
Chief Justice Hon. Anthony
Gates
(pictured)
said future oriented
leaders
always
invested in time
consolidating
their vision and
converting
it
to a form that
could be easily
communicated
to
others.
“Be bold, allow yourself
to dream. We are often told
not to use the ‘I’ word as it
is exclusive. Your team will
want to believe that you are
passionate about the future
and you have the confidence
and drive to get everyone
over to this better, brighter
place,” he said.
“While it is important to
involve other people for
certain decisions, sometimes
you need to take the lead
and make decisions yourself.
People are often happier
if someone else takes
excellence awards have been presented
to around 93 applicants.
Professor Healey said the growing
number of applicants to FBEA has
led to an increase in the number of
evaluators.
“The proficiency of these individuals
has always been a priority, as the
Secretariat ensures that the training
provided is current and responds to
the requirements of the evaluation
exercise. To date a record number of
396 evaluators have been trained.”
Professor Healey also encouraged
organisations
to
strive
towards
responsibility for the future, as
long as they believe it could
actually happen, and that the
person who is at the helm is
dedicated to achieving it.
The
Acting
President
said what Fiji
desperately
needed in many
of its enterprises
today
were
visionary leaders.
He said these
were those that
would rise to the
challenge to steer
their organisations to achieve
excellence by introducing
change
to
the
whole
organisation and by getting
people to take ownership of
these changes.
He said leadership was
an important aspect in a
successful endeavour.
“If we adopt the notion
of a learning organisation,
which
is
to
improve
ourselves systematically and
continuously to benchmark
and learn from others, we will
all be destined for that pool
of world-class organisations
that we desire for ourselves.”
achieving the President’s Award.
The Business Excellence President’s
Award is the highest award which is
only awarded to organisations that
demonstrate the characteristics of a
world class organisation.
The Business Excellence Awards are
based on an internationally benched
framework – The US Malcom Baldrige
Business
Excellence
framework.
The framework adopted in Europe,
Japan, Singapore to name a few,
helps organisations adopt a systems
approach to enhancing their capabilities
for superior performance and results.
T
he Fiji Business
Excellence
awards
has
lived
beyond
its
expectations through the
achievements and hard
work of all organisations
and evaluators.
Acting Director
National
Training
&
Productivity Centre said they will be
convening a series of training to further
develop evaluators in collaboration with
the Asian Productivity Organisation,
and provide focused assistance to
organisations to assist them in achieving
continued quality in organisations.”
Mr
Taoi
said
the organisations’
achievement
will
surely be a source of
motivation to other
organisations and
increase interest
“I hope that
all
winners
will
endeavour to be a
source of learning and knowledge not
only within their organisations, but to
other organisations as well. I applaud
you all for the effort and commitment
that your stakeholders had put in to this
initiative and I encourage you to continue
to improve and never settle for second
best,” he said.
“Being on the business excellence
journey also provides opportunities for
organisations to network and learn from
one another. This is what I urge us to do
– network and learn best practices from
each other. In today’s highly competitive
and uncertain business environment, we
all need each other to rapidly enhance
our agility and capabilities to stay
competitive and relevant in today’s fast
changing business environment.”
Mr Taoi encouraged an increasing
number of organisations using the
business excellence framework to
assess where they are in their quality
journey.
Achievement award:
Nature’s way Co-operative (Fiji) Ltd
Nature’s way Co-operative (Fiji) Ltd, Chief Executive Officer,
Mr Michael Finau Brown while receiving their award said it
was a proud achievement for the team.
He said the board, management and staff all played a pivotal
role in lifting their organisation’s standards.
“I was a very proud man when we received the achievement
award. I take this opportunity to thank the chairman, board,
line managers and hardworking staff of nature’s way,” he said.
Fiji Business Excellence Presidents Prize: Vodafone
Fiji Limited
Vodafone Fiji’s Chief Executive Officer Mr Pradeep Lal
commended his staff for their efforts as he received the
President’s award.
He said quality and innovation at Vodafone was not a
separate function but embedded into each staff’s day to day
work.
“The quality at Vodafone began from the beginning. We have
spent large amount of time, looking at procedures, processes
as to how we can bring improvement and better serve our
customers on a daily basis,” said Mr Lal.
“And not only that but a global rating agency rated Vodafone
one of the best in the Asia Pacific Region.”
Fiji Business Excellence Prize:
ITaukei Land Trust Board
iTLTB General Manager, Mr Tevita Kuruvakadua commended
his management and staff team for being able to achieve a
recognition prize at the Business Excellence Awards.
He said the journey to strive for business excellence at
iTLTB started back in 2012 and they have never looked back
since then.
“I am pleased and proud to receive this award on behalf of
TLTB and its stakeholders,” he said.
“The journey for us has been sweet in view of the benefits of
the organisation and its staff and stakeholders have enjoyed
through the past four years.
“Also dedicate this award to the staff of TLTB and reflects
all your commitment towards this journey in terms of assisting
us improve systems and processes as well as in terms of
service delivery that we have been called to deliver to our
stakeholders.”
Fiji Business Excellence Prize:
Fiji Meteorology Services (FMS)
Permanent Secretary (PS) for Infrastructure, Mr Paul Bailey
said this was a journey that started in 1997.
The PS acknowledged the very talented FMS team adding
that the organisation was recognised internationally.
He said FMS was one of six organisations around the AsiaPacific region that is committed to observing and understanding
climate and hydrological patterns.
“The Government has invested a lot of money to ensure that
FMS is on par with the rest of the world and to make Fiji Met
to what it is today,” he said.
revenue authority delivering excellence in revenue collection
and boarder protection.
He said in order to achieve the vision FIRCA had embarked
on a transformation journey- the quest for change in partnership
with all our partners, staff and stakeholders.
Fiji Business Excellence Prize:
Fiji Ports Corporation Limited
Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd Chief Executive Officer, Mr Vajira
Piyasena said it is a great privilege to receive this award.
He said the award system has created more productive
inclusive and effective work places in Fiji.
“We are inspired by the leadership provided by our chairman.
All staff and board have contributed towards this journey to
strive for business excellence,” he said.
Fiji Business Excellence Prize:
Future farms limited- Rooster Poultry
Fiji Business Excellence Prize:
Fiji Revenue & Customs Authority
FIRCA Chief Executive Officer Mr Visvanath Das
acknowledged the hard work the team at FIRCA had put in
order to be recognised for its achievement at the FBEA.
He said if it weren’t for every one of these individuals and
their commitment to excellence, FIRCA would not be part of
the FBEA journey.
”The organisation’s unified vision to be a world class
Future Farms Ltd General Manager, Mr Stanley Raniga
thanked the people at Future Farms trading as Rooster
Poultry for putting in the tremendous effort they have put in to
continuously ensuring that the organisation is aligned to the
business excellence framework.
He acknowledged its shareholders BSP life Fiji Limited for
believing in Future Farms Limited and for investing in the
company.
Mr Raniga commended the management team for their
commitment to business excellence in their day to day
practices.
“Our journey in excellence began way back with the
implementation of the ISO 9001 and ISO 22000. ISO ensures
quality in our product.”
Fiji Business Excellence Prize: Amalgamated Pest
Control
Amalgamated Pest Control Australia Chief Executive
Officer, Mr Mick Farr said the team has set high standards for
outstanding quality and service.
He said the Fiji team was not only setting bench marks within
the APC group but also in the global pest control industry.
“It is with great pleasure that I accept this prize on behalf
of Amalgamated pest control Fiji. This team has set its
standards. It is a source of pride. We are proud of what this
people are achieving here at the FBEA,” he said.
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