Improving the EFQM Model in the United Arab Emirates

Improving the EFQM Model in the United Arab Emirates

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Improving the EFQM Model in the United Arab Emirates

Through its eight conjectures based on organizational excellence, the EQFM Model establishes the groundwork upon which any type of firm can attain sustainable excellence. Since its establishment, the representation has experienced significant changes in its framework in order to ensure that organizations achieve the best possible results via application. However, the implementation of the model is a process that requires a considerable assessment of the organizations’ external environment. This is because the setting is composed of various factors that may affect the performance of a firm positively or negatively depending on how they are managed. In this respect, modifying the EFQM Model for specific organizations requires ensuring that the changes occur in terms of the external business environment itself. The global economic recession is a solid illustration of this. Based on the depression witnessed in early 2009, it was imperative for transformations to be undertaken within the EFQM representation. The purpose of this was to ensure that the model adeptly exhibits the current business environment. Aside from this, the environment also imposed a change on the businesses further requiring them to modify the model in order to exploit the new opportunities presented and manage the limitations as well (Business Excellence, 2010).

Changing the archetype of the business environment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) involves understanding and carrying out the alterations in relation to this particular commercial setting. One suggestion for refining the model involves recognition of international investment opportunities. Indeed, the UAE environment is expected to be favorable towards foreign investment (USDA, 2013). This is because of the scope of the legal and regulatory framework, which favors local investment. Effective reimbursement for employees is also another applicable suggestion. Since the respective environment imposes null taxation on personal income, then it would be important for the EFQM Model and the organizations to comply with this aspect by remunerating employees satisfactorily in order to ensure motivation and overall support by the business society in the country.

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Business Excellence. (2010, September 16). Strategy: EFQM. Retrieved from http://www.bus-ex.com/article/strategy-efqm

United States Department of State. (2013, February). 2013 investment climate statement – United Arab Emirates. Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2013/204755.htm