TATA Business Excellence Model
Tata Business Excellence Model is a framework which helps companies to achieve excellence in their business performance. This is the chosen model by the TATA group to help in building globally competitive organisations across TATA Group of companies. TBEM is based on the Malcolm Balridge National Quality Award Model of the U.S.
The Criteria have three important roles in strengthening competitiveness:
- To help improve organisational performance practices, capabilities, and results
- To facilitate communication and sharing of best practices information among all organisations within TATA Group.
- To help in guiding organisational planning and opportunities for learning
TBEM Criteria is designed to help organisations use an integrated approach to organisational performance management that results in
- Delivery of ever-improving value to customers and stakeholders, contributing to organisational sustainability
- Improvement of overall organisational effectiveness and capabilities
- Organisational and personal learning
The Criteria are built on the following set of 11 Interrelated Core Values and Concepts:
- Visionary Leadership
- Customer-driven Excellence
- Organisational and Personal Learning
- Valuing Employees and Partners
- Agility
- Focus on the Future
- Managing for Innovation
- Management by Fact
- Social Responsibility
- Focus on Results and Creating Value
- Systems Perspective
The Core Values and Concepts are embodied in seven Categories, as follows:
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Customer and Market Focus
- Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management
- Workforce Focus
- Process Management
- Business Results
The TBEM criteria are the operational details of the Core Values, applied to the different facets of a Business organisation.
The seven TBEM Categories shown in the figure are subdivided into Items and Areas to Address.
Items
There are 17 process and results items, each focusing on a major requirement.
Areas to Address
Items consist of one or more Areas to Address (Areas)”
The TBEM framework has the following characteristics
- Focuses on Business results
- Non-prescriptive and Adaptable
- Maintains System Perspective
- Supports Goal-based diagnosis
TBEM instills a process centric approach in an organisation as a means to achieve the chosen business goal.
Tata Teleservices Limited, as a part of the TATA Group, has adopted the TATA Business Excellence model as an intricate part of its operation structure and uses it to grow from strength to strength, keeping Operational excellence and Business results in focus.
