Model MBNQA, Deming Prize i EQA stały się wzorcem dla tworzenia krajowych programów promujących wdrażanie zasad kompleksowego zarządzania jakością.
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The introductory part of the article presents the three most reputable quality award schemes, i.e. Deming Prize, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and European Quality Award. The article goes on to discuss the results of analysing the solutions as applied in several dozen of selected countries around the globe in the context of the impact exerted by the three above-mentioned quality award schemes upon the development and functioning of national quality awards.