It's voted upon by the employees and not the management. In plain English, some people actually thought that my relentless bombarding of everyone's email boxes with articles on information architecture, usability, navigation, design, HTML, business strategy, marketing, etc. improved the knowledge levels of employees. Of course, people who have worked with me in other companies know that my habit of forwarding useful articles is nothing new. No, not one bit. Note that I didn't say I didn't believe in recognition .
Recognition is very important.
Even awards voted by colleagues don't work. They just turn the exercise into a political game and the biggest department in the company usually decides who will get an award. So he doesn't get the award. If the marketing department in the company is the biggest, that department's voting block influences the outcome. Just like Parliament.