VWSA wins award for internal communication

VOLKSWAGEN Group South Africa received a top international award for its internal communications.

VWSA's communication division accepted the International Association of Business Communicators' (IABC) Gold Quill Award of Excellence for internal communication research in Toronto, Canada, earlier this month.

The company also walked away with the Best of the Best Award in the category of internal communication research for their project on research for improved shop floor communication.

This is the first time VWSA has entered and won a Gold Quill Award.

VWSA managing director David Powels said the awards were testament to how passionate the company was about improving the internal communication between leadership and shop floor levels. "Volkswagen will endeavour to continually improve in the sphere of internal communication with innovative and exciting initiatives focused on enhancing our employees' experience in the workplace," Powels said.

The Gold Quill Award programme received 875 entries this year from around the world.

Of those, only 108 entries achieved an Award of Excellence, of which 13 were from South Africa.

To win a Gold Quill Award of Excellence is a major achievement, IABC 2014 Gold Quill chairwoman Dr Amanda Hamilton-Attwell said.

"The process is rigorous and the standard is extremely high. Each entry is evaluated by two evaluators, who consolidate their scores and submit a final score to the IABC in San Francisco." – Business Reporter