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by David R. Brousell, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 4:35:00 PM   | Abstract: | Accolades from one's peers can provide validation of a company's strategy, help set standards for the industry at large, and, on occasion, even change the way people think. |
In the last couple of weeks the movie industry has been hard at work at its yearly self-congratulatory rituals. The Golden Globe awards two weeks ago were followed last night by the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Hundreds of celebrities turn out to these formal affairs, even those who aren't nominated for anything. It's all building to the Academy Awards next month, a show that will attract not only all in Hollywood who matter and those who want to but literally hundreds of millions of viewers from around the world as well. The movie industry may conduct the most visible of awards programs, but there are untold numbers of others throughout business and academia and in social and political circles. The reason there are so many — and the reason they are important — is that people want and need recognition for their work. And it's not just vanity that is served. Awards help to inspire other people to do their best. They set standards that people strive to match and exceed. They even change how people think. That last reason may be a lofty goal, but it is exactly what Managing Automation is trying to accomplish with its now three-year-old Progressive Manufacturing Awards program. Simply put, the PM Awards program recognizes and honors companies that have embraced the notion of transformational business thinking coupled with the proactive application of advanced automation and IT technologies. In the rapidly changing and hyper-competitive global manufacturing market, what could be more inspiring and instructive to the industry at large? [Click to continue] |