AWARDS CATEGORIES & CRITERIA
Every nomination into the Māori Business Women Awards must enter a regional category, and will have the option to enter no more than two of the business categories.
The winner of each Regional Category will win $2000 prize money, each Business Category winner will win $3,500 prize money. The overall Excellence in Business award will win $10,000.
The regional category entry will be based on the physical location of the business or where the business has more than one business location, then it will be determined on the location of it’s head office or registered office.
The Regional categories will be in keeping with previous years:
The Business categories will be:
The overall Excellence in Business Award “Te Kaipakihi tino Taumata”, will be selected from one of the business category winners.
All entries in each category will be evaluated against the same criteria for business excellence. Entries for the regional awards will be evaluated against the business excellence criteria alone. All category awards will be first evaluated against the business excellence criteria (50%) and also against each of the category specific criteria (50%).
BUSINESS EXCELLENCE
Business excellence will be assessed by the following;
The winner of each Regional Category will win $2000 prize money, each Business Category winner will win $3,500 prize money. The overall Excellence in Business award will win $10,000.
The regional category entry will be based on the physical location of the business or where the business has more than one business location, then it will be determined on the location of it’s head office or registered office.
The Regional categories will be in keeping with previous years:
- Te Waipounamu
- Ikaroa
- Aotea
- Tainui
- Tairawhiti
- Waiariki
- Taitokerau
- Tamakimakaurau
The Business categories will be:
- Business Collaboration – between iwi, other businesses, cross-sector or cross agency that achieve collective impact to grow Māori enterprise.
- People & Capability – demonstrate leadership, talent development to improve capability.
- Innovation – project initiatives that are challenging and changing the norm.
- Employment and Growth (incl. rangatahi) – fostering growth and employment within the business including supporting rangatahi development.
- Emerging Business – new businesses with significant growth.
- Social Enterprise – celebrating Māori success in social enterprise, social impact and transformation.
The overall Excellence in Business Award “Te Kaipakihi tino Taumata”, will be selected from one of the business category winners.
All entries in each category will be evaluated against the same criteria for business excellence. Entries for the regional awards will be evaluated against the business excellence criteria alone. All category awards will be first evaluated against the business excellence criteria (50%) and also against each of the category specific criteria (50%).
BUSINESS EXCELLENCE
Business excellence will be assessed by the following;
- How long has the business been trading?
- How long has the business been trading under the current ownership?
- How many people does the business employ, include full-time, part-time, casual, contractors.
- What sector does your business operate in?
- What is the vision and mission of the business?
- What are your main products and/or services?
- What makes you stand out from your competitors – your unique selling point?
- What are the key challenges facing your business?
BUSINESS CATEGORIES EXPANDED
Business Collaboration (Mahi Tahi ngā Pakihi)
This category recognises the collaborative effort and performance, shared accountabilities and achievement of joint results by businesses working together to grow Maori enterprise.
The extent that the business can demonstrate:
People and Capability (Te Kaha o ngā Tangata)
This category recognises both leadership and how a business invests in its people to build capability as part of the organisational development.
The extent to which the business owner can demonstrate how
Innovation (Pūkenga Auaha)
This category recognises businesses that have enhanced their success through innovation - both in thinking and implementing of an idea. An innovation can be in a product/service/technology or process.
The extent to which the business:
Employment and Growth (Te Whakatipu Mahi)
This category recognises organisations that have achieved significant growth during the last two years as a result of effective planning and delivery.
The extent to which the business demonstrates:
Emerging Business (Pakihi Whakaari)
Recognises those businesses that have been operating for more than one year and less than three years at 30 September 2017, or achieved significant growth during the last one to three years because of effective planning and delivery, which leads to growth and long term sustainability.
The extent to which the business can demonstrate:
Social Enterprise (Pakihi Whai Kaupapa)
This category recognises Māori success in applying commercial strategies to maximise improvements in human and environmental well-being including maximising social impact alongside profits for external shareholders.
The extent to which the enterprise can:
Business Collaboration (Mahi Tahi ngā Pakihi)
This category recognises the collaborative effort and performance, shared accountabilities and achievement of joint results by businesses working together to grow Maori enterprise.
The extent that the business can demonstrate:
- that they have partnered with another organisation or organisations to achieve collective results
- that working together to enhance a product or service and to better understand a complex problem to develop a common agenda
- mutually reinforced activities where the agenda could not have been advanced, or results achieved if the business operated alone
People and Capability (Te Kaha o ngā Tangata)
This category recognises both leadership and how a business invests in its people to build capability as part of the organisational development.
The extent to which the business owner can demonstrate how
- their leadership qualities are actively contributing towards the success of the business and how they continue to foster their leadership qualities
- their employee work environment is measured and improved to ensure satisfied committed workforce
- they support ongoing workforce training and development for employees to meet organisational needs now and in the future.
Innovation (Pūkenga Auaha)
This category recognises businesses that have enhanced their success through innovation - both in thinking and implementing of an idea. An innovation can be in a product/service/technology or process.
The extent to which the business:
- Demonstrates innovative approaches through the use of research, creative concepts, cutting edge technologies or new policy development
- Demonstrates innovative systems integration, business model development, performance or service enhancements
- Provides evidence of focus on implementation and durable solutions
Employment and Growth (Te Whakatipu Mahi)
This category recognises organisations that have achieved significant growth during the last two years as a result of effective planning and delivery.
The extent to which the business demonstrates:
- a clear strategy to grow the business performance
- fostering growth within the business to achieve significant growth
- employment to meet growth rate of the business including supporting rangatahi development.
Emerging Business (Pakihi Whakaari)
Recognises those businesses that have been operating for more than one year and less than three years at 30 September 2017, or achieved significant growth during the last one to three years because of effective planning and delivery, which leads to growth and long term sustainability.
The extent to which the business can demonstrate:
- the business model, research and development plan that has resulted in the significant growth
- the significant growth achievements during the last 1-3 years
- long term sustainability of the growth
Social Enterprise (Pakihi Whai Kaupapa)
This category recognises Māori success in applying commercial strategies to maximise improvements in human and environmental well-being including maximising social impact alongside profits for external shareholders.
The extent to which the enterprise can:
- demonstrate that it has a clear social and environmental purpose, including its commercial strategy to achieve social impact and transformation
- articulate and measure the social/environmental impact the organisation is having on its community
- demonstrate how the organisation applies Maori principles to its work
Nominations close
28 March 2018 |