Guidelines on Written Submission

Guidelines for Best Managed Organizations Award Applicants

CONTENT

The 30 pages written submission should include the following headings and sub-headings.

Table of Contents
Organization Chart(s)
Organizational Profile (3 pages or less)
1. Organizational Description
2. Organizational Situation
Responses Addressing All Seven Criteria (Sections 1-7) (30 pages or less)
The Written Submission will only be assessed up to the 30th page. The information supplied thereafter will not be assessed.
Appendices (e.g. Annual Report, Other Corporate Information)
Can be submitted under separate cover.

FORMAT

The Written Submission addressing the criteria should be formatted as follows:

Typed on standard A4-size paper (please do not use glossy paper)
Single-lined spacing
Minimum font size of 10 points
Not more than 30 pages for Sections 1 to 7
Labeled tabs or dividers to separate sections
Ring bound for ease of processing
Numbering on every page and for every area/item of address
New page for addressing different criteria
All submissions must be endorsed by the organization's top executive

Please send the Award Secretariat 20 identical copies of the submission and all enclosures, which are not returnable to:

The Quality Award Secretariat
The Hong Kong Management Association
16/F Tower B Southmark
11 Yip Hing Street
Wong Chuk Hang
HONG KONG

AND Email the Written Submission in PDF format to the Quality Award Secretariat:qualityaward@hkma.org.hk

PROCESSING

All information and documents supplied by the Award applicants will be held in strict confidence. The Award Secretariat reserves the right to terminate the processing of an application due to incomplete or insufficient information in the submission.

Screening decisions rely heavily upon the details and contents supplied in the submissions.