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Gold Award for Business Excellence
The Gold Awards for Business Excellence recognise and encourage organisations whose leadership and innovations have progressed them beyond Management System Certification to leading examples of best practice.

Gold Award 2007
Gold Award 2006
Gold Award 2005
Gold Award 2004
Gold Award Pre 2004

National Laboratory Management Award
The National Laboratory Awards are available to laboratories which stand out above other laboratories for their exemplary, sustainable management activities.

 

AOQ-QLD®

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The Australian Organisation for Quality - Queensland Inc (AOQ-QLD®) is Australia's largest industry group in the field of Quality and Business Management.
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AOQ-QLD® is a membership-based association with over 350 corporate and personal members and affiliates around Australia and from overseas with a total representation estimated at 8000.

Services

• Networking opportunities up to three times per month, including 2 member evenings and a breakfast.
• Training opportunities.
• Gold Award for Business Excellence.
• Divisions-groupings of members with like interests for common activities.
• Regional Groups-grouping of members by region for common activities.
• Conferences-on specific topics mainly driven by the Divisions.

Vision

To maintain our position as Australia's leading authority in continuous improvement, quality management and business excellence.

Values

1. Learning
Our approach supports learning and forward thinking in a diverse and globalised work environment.
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2. Positivity
We operate in a positive framework to contribute to the development of individuals, organizations and the community.
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3. Achievement
We set achievement targets and plan to realize them.
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4. Leadership
We lead by example and support others to be inspiring role models.
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5. Sustainability
We facilitate organisational sustainability.

AOQ Code of Ethics

All Volunteers, Course Presenters, Consultants and others providing services on behalf of AOQ-QLD® adhere to the AOQ-QLD® Code of Ethics.

'' In my occupational relationships with the public, customers and clients, with my employer and peers and with professional bodies, I will strive to uphold the good repute of quality practice. To maintain this high standard of conduct I pledge that I:

1. Shall act professionally, accurately and in an unbiased manner
2. Shall promote reliability and safety in goods for public use
3. Shall faithfully indicate true quality findings without fear or favour
4. Shall be honest and impartial in dealings with customers/clients
5. Shall not conceal from an employer, customer or client any conflicting or competing business connections or interests likely to impair services rendered
6. Shall not disclose confidential information without employer's, customer's or client's consent
7. Shall give credit for work where it it due
8. Shall strive to increase the competence and prestige of the quality management profession, and aid the professional development of colleagues and subordinates
9. Shall not compete unfairly with others for advancement
10. Shall support the work of AOQ (QLD) Inc and help to enhance its standing in the community, and not act in any way that would prejudice the reputation of the AOQ, or the Quality or Business Improvement Profession
11. Shall not intentionally communicate false or misleading information
12. Shall not accept any inducement, commission, gift or other benefit from individual or organisation in return for making decisions or judgments that may be of advantage to the individual or organisation offering the inducement."

Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan for 2009 is available for download (Strategic Plan)

Rules/Constitution/Articles of Association

The Rules of the Organisation may be downloaded for review ( Rules)

Certification AOQ-QLD® takes its role model position seriously and operates a management system to ISO9001-2008 that was certified by Bureau Veritas in 2003 and re-certified in 2008.

Australian Organisation for Quality-Queensland Inc Council (Councilors in italics)