Optimas Overview
Each year, the
Optimas Awards are given by
Workforce Management to recognize workforce-management initiatives that achieve business results for the organization.
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There are 10 categories:
Competitive Advantage: The organization has developed a program to help
forge or maintain a winning edge over the organization's competitors.
Past winners include: Cendant Mobility, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, WellPoint Health Networks
Financial Impact: The organization has designed a program to effect a
change that results in cost savings or increased revenue.
Past winners include:
Alegent Health, National City Corporation , NCCI Holdings, Inc.
Global Outlook: HR has created a program or strategy to help the
organization succeed in the world marketplace.
Past winners include: Mattel Inc., Novo Nordisk, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Innovation: The organization has developed an innovative
workforce-management strategy that addresses a fundamental business issue. The
innovation marks a departure for the winning company and often for the field of
workforce management.
Past winners include: Baptist Health South Florida, SRA International, Province of New Brunswick
Managing Change: The organization has successfully developed a
program in response to the changing business environment.
Past winners include: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Designer Blinds, National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
Partnership: The
workforce management leadership has developed or implemented a program in
partnership with another constituency, either within the organization or outside
of it.
Past winners: The Global Workplace Collaboration (Including the Washtenaw County Book Manufacturers,
Washtenaw Literacy and the Washtenaw Development Council), Blue Valley School District
Ethical Practice:
This is a new category, beginning in the 2004 Optimas Awards.
The organization has developed well-defined ethical practices that are deeply
ingrained in the culture and are clearly visible in the organization’s
day-to-day behavior.
Past winner: Lockheed Martin Corp.
Service: Workforce management leaders have developed a program to help
another constituency within the organization meet its business goals.
Past winners include: Wachovia Corp., SunTrust Banks, Inc. ,
Health Partners
Vision: The organization has anticipated internal and/or external
trends that will affect the organization and it has responded proactively.
Past winners include: Monical Pizza Corp.,
Electronic Arts , Acxiom Corporation
General Excellence: The General Excellence award is given to the
organization whose workforce management initiatives have met the standards
established for at least six of the other nine categories.
Past winners include:
General Motors Corp., Google, Sysco Corporation
Application deadline is April 24, 2009
Apply Today!
More Information:
How Winners Are Chosen
More Award-Winning Companies
Questions? Contact Carroll Lachnit, Executive Editor, at carroll@workforce.com.
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