Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA) and Khwarizmi International College

Khwarizmi International College - Introduction to Managing Quality

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Khwarizmi International College - Introduction to Managing Quality

The European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) that is used in the United Arab Emirates is implemented in a similar manner as it is in other nations where the model is used in generating and sustaining business excellence. Due to a mismatch between financial performance and stakeholder demand for enterprises and government entities in the nation, the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) became necessary in the United Arab Emirates. This business model is often considered as acting as a link between the operations of the business and the stakeholder needs.EFQM helps to answer the questions that relate to delivering solutions to the clients, the way the goals of delivery can be attained, and also evaluate the personnel working in the organization (Yousaf, 2021). Khwarizmi International College ought to consider implementing the model because it would help the college in improving its services and attract many students. This paper highlights the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA) with the focus being on the participation of Khwarizmi International College.

Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award

Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award has successfully operated for about 14 years following its launch back in 1999. This award started following the creation of a blueprint that would help in facilitating the development of a unique method that would help in attaining continuous improvement as well as enhancing competitiveness among different organizations. This award was more focused on the Abu Dhabi business sector however its scope was later extended to cover the entire United Arab Emirates. This was indeed the first trial in Abu Dhabi which looked at presenting and also using an internationally accredited excellence method in the local United Arab Emirates context.SKEA adopted the EFQM excellence model (Goetsch & Davis, 2013). In the end, it served as a model award program for other award programs afterward introduced in the UAE, both in terms of structure and motivation.

The SKEA program was unusual at the time since it was the first in Abu Dhabi to embrace the EFQM Excellence model and be completely integrated with international standards. The European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), the true proprietor of the Excellence model in Europe, however, became the Primary National Partner of SKEA to protect its competitive advantage. Additionally, SKEA spearheaded the effort to create the first and predominant Arabic version of the EFQM 2013 Model, which was accepted by every other Arabic-speaking nation, working with local marketers, agents, and operation specialists (Page, 2021).

This award has been implemented ever since 1999. The implementation of the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award implementation is perhaps voluntary and any organization that feels like participating has to acquire the self-assessment tools and also use the tools in evaluating the organizational achievements. The organization is then required to make the necessary improvements to the various practices and then measure the particular improvements to provide a report to the award management committee. Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award does have a management hierarchy which is led by a higher committee supervising the activities of technical coordinators, associates, and also administration coordinators.

Reasons why KIC should receive the Award

There are so many reasons why KIC should receive the award. The Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award is not just an award; however, it also offers all the necessary goods and services for superiority and excellence. Companies who take part in the SKEA participate in it because they wish to assess their performance and set goals for future development. They regard this accomplishment as one of the key advantages of their EFQM model adoption and award involvement. KIC college needs to receive the award because it would form a basis of the college's strive in becoming among the top educational centers with a reputation for excellence in both service delivery and also in internal operations. The award will make the college have a good image on the public and that would make potential students to join the college. Receiving the award would help reinforce the idea of quality in the institution. People are always motivated with quality and this idea will showcase the college as one of the best to study in the country. The award would also serve as a challenge to the college in continuing to offer quality education to the students. This will help in ensuring a continuous state of improvement in the level of education that is offered in the college

Receiving the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award will help Khwarizmi Internal College to lead with integrity, vision, and also inspiration. This award will help the college to become more motivated in pursuing its objectives. Everyone within the college will strive to work towards the attainment of the college goals and that will have a positive impact on the performance of the college. In addition, receiving the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award will put the co