The document proposes a strategy for the Hudson Strategic Group (HsG) to develop a program using the criteria from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. This program would use assessments and balanced scorecards to help small and medium enterprises strengthen their performance and competitiveness. It would bring communities and businesses together to plan and measure metrics. The goal is to help organizations achieve sustainable success by addressing leadership, strategic planning, customer focus, and results.

1. The HsG’s MBE
Strategy
A Strategy Offering to develop a
Program of Business
Performance Excellence

2. The HsG’s MBE’s Strategy
(small & medium enterprises)
 Use of Criteria developed for Baldrige/Alabama
Quality Award as Consultant tool:
 Assessments
 Administration
 Focuses on Performance Excellence and
Competitiveness
 Use of Balanced Scorecard Templates to drive:
 Community and Business Planning
 Metrics and Measurements to Manage Programs

3. Why?
 Uses Malcomb Balridge Quality award as a
consultant tool not just education, assessment
and recognition
 Considers what an organization must address to
create and sustain success
 Supports states efforts for Global
Competitiveness
 Assures RESULTS are not accidental
 Supports Ability for business to repay any debt
as well as provide key indicators of same Ability
to perform in an Excellent “World Class” manner

4. Performance Excellence Driven
 Use Business Performance Excellence to
define critical success factors versus
current marketplace support:
Leadership
Strategic Planning
Customer Market Focus
Results
More**

5. Common Criteria
 Speak Common Language--Increase
ability to communicate
 Resource Supported--Enhances learning
 Predictor--Provides key influences on how
a business operates and its key
challenges so something can be done, if
possible

6. Characteristics of Performance
Excellence
 Focuses on Customer & Key Stakeholders
 Is Proactive not Reactive
 Aligns Strategies, Goals, Objectives,
Processes and Actions with Vision &
Mission
 Develops Management by Fact
 Promotes a life-long Learning and
Improvement environment

7. Mechanism to Develop
 Uses Criteria of Malcomb Balridge Quality Award to
provide framework to develop and execute business
development and growth
 Development of DC Plan that begins with Communities
and their respective businesses
 Create tools to support use of Malcomb Balridge Quality
Award criteria and methodologies to support businesses
and overall management
 Continually review and update program as does
Malcomb Balridge Quality Award Program

8. Benefits to MBDA
 Provides identifiable support to Black
Community and Businesses therein
 Uses Economic Values not Social values
 Program , unlike many others, can be
measured and monitored as well as
changed to ensure growth and stability
 Creates Wealth, Creates, Jobs and Tax
Revenues

9. Participants
 Local Community Leaders and Business
persons
 Local elected Officials
 Local News Organizations
 Local Financial Institutions
 Local Community Development
Organizations
 Other community/religious and social &
fraternal groups

10. Supports recapture of Resources
 Provides Measurement Tools to provide
advance warning of problems and successes
 Enable businesses to utilize the Quality tenants
of Malcomb Balridge Quality Award which
supports Excellence.
 Provides competitive advantage to DC through
the development and use of EXCELLENT MBE’s
which can support Industry in a clear
advantageous manner

11. Dispels Negativity
 About the operation excellence of DC
MBE’s involved in federal contracting
 Served as predictor of repayment of any
debts or investments required
 That any effort to support Black
community and their Businesses will result
in a “Write-Off” and blemish
 Redefines the usage of Malcomb Balridge
Quality Award criteria as a marketplace
tool

12. What Next?
 Determine what activities HsG should be
involved in.
 Defining HsG operational perspectives
and measurements
 Marketing of agreement between UNFT &
HsG

13. Hudson Strategic Group, Inc
PO Box 42984
Atlanta, GA 30311
404-696-8222
Joseph R. Hudson, Founder & Chairman
Henry Whitlow, President & CEO