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The first business excellence models were developed in the mid-1980s and came about as a result of the quality movement in the West, which in turn was a response to the advancements in quality and competitiveness in Japan. The models themselves began as quality award or Total Quality Management (TQM) models, as TQM had emerged in the mid-1980s as the new philosophy and panacea for businesses. Over time, the term “Business Excellence” started to replace the terms “Quality” and “TQM”, partly as a result of the considerable confusion as to the meaning of TQM, since all types of business improvement programmes were being called TQM1. Today, many countries view business excellence models as a key mechanism for improving the performance of organisations, as well as national competitiveness.

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