Finalists named for AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards

09 Jun, 2015
 
Finalists named for AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards
AUT University Dean of Business and Law Professor Geoff Perry

Finalists for the 2015 AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards have been announced today.

“The importance of excellent business support runs through everything we do in the AUT Faculty of Business and Law, from teaching to research to co-operative education and industry engagement,” says AUT University Dean of Business and Law, Professor Geoff Perry.

“The large number of entries from technology companies this year highlights the important role technology can play in enhancing business support, and entrants in the two technology categories have achieved particularly strong scores at this stage.”

Finalists for each of the ten categories have until 17 July to submit their final applications, which will then be evaluated by academics from the AUT Business School. Evaluation of applications is overseen by the New Zealand Business Excellence Foundation.

In evaluating applications the judges will consider: leadership and planning, customer and market focus, provision of business support and evaluation and improvement, with a focus on results.

Now into their tenth year, the AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards are the only national performance measure for New Zealand business support organisations.

Winners of the ten category awards and the supreme award will be named at a gala dinner on 29 October.

2015 finalists for the AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards

Image Centre GroupBusiness < $5M T/O Management Services

New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre

Altris Limited

Engine Room Chartered Accountants

David Forman Ltd

Business < $5M T/O Sales & Marketing

Pure SEO

Research First Ltd

Perceptive Research

Idealog Business < $5M T/O Technology (non-cloud)

Pure SEO

ASGSPL

Crossware

Idealog Business < $5M T/O Cloud-based Technology

GeoOp

Customer Radar

Perceptive Research

STQRY

IBM Business $5M - $20M T/O

UXC Oxygen

A-Ward Ltd

Colmar Brunton

Advanced Security Group

Chen Palmer New Zealand Public and Employment Law Specialists

Fuji Xerox Business $20M+ T/O

Crown Equipment

Kiwiplan New Zealand

Netlogix

Rothbury Insurance Brokers

New Zealand Business Excellence Foundation Not for Profit

Tourism Industry Association New Zealand

The Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand

EEO Trust (Equal Employment Opportunities Trust)

Drake New ZealandGovernment

N4L (Network for Learning)

Plant & Food Research (The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research)

New Zealand Customs Service

Business.govt.nz (Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment)

Export Support

Plant & Food Research (The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research)

Export NZ Auckland

Netlogix

AJ Park

A-Ward Ltd

Fuji Xerox Leadership

Stefan Preston (CEO Ingenio)

Mai Chen (Chen Palmer New Zealand Public and Employment Law Specialists)

Simon Harvey (BusinessLAB)

Dr Glenn Doherty (Tongan Health Society Inc.)