ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Organizations are increasingly implementing multiple Management System Standards (M SSs) and considering managing the related Management Systems (MSs) as a single system.The aim of this paper is to analyze if methods us ed to integrate standardized MSs condition the level of integration of those MSs...

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Main Authors: Merce Bernardo, Marti Casadesus, Stanislav Karapetrovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia 2011-09-01
Series:International Journal for Quality Research
Subjects:
Quality
Environment
Inte gration
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
Online Access:http://www.ijqr.net/journal/v5-n3/7.pdf
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spelling doaj-66a09d2bc1cb45a6bb0abbc93730f93b2021-03-02T01:51:56ZengCenter for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, SerbiaInternational Journal for Quality Research1800-64501800-74732011-09-0153213222ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDYMerce Bernardo0Marti Casadesus1Stanislav Karapetrovic2Departament d’Economia i Organitzacio d’Empreses, Univeritat de Barcelona, SpainDepartament d’Organitzacio, Gestio Empresarial i Disseny de Producte, Univeritat de Girona, SpainDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, CanadaOrganizations are increasingly implementing multiple Management System Standards (M SSs) and considering managing the related Management Systems (MSs) as a single system.The aim of this paper is to analyze if methods us ed to integrate standardized MSs condition the level of integration of those MSs. A descriptive methodology has been applied to 343 Spanish organizations registered to, at least, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Seven groups of these organizations using different combinations of methods have been analyzed Results show that these organizations have a high level of integration of their MSs. The most common method used, was the process map. Organizations using a combination of different methods achieve higher levels of integration than those using a single method. However, no evidence has been found to confirm the relationship between the method used and the integration level achieved.http://www.ijqr.net/journal/v5-n3/7.pdfQualityEnvironmentInte grationISO 9001ISO 14001
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author Merce Bernardo
Marti Casadesus
Stanislav Karapetrovic
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Marti Casadesus
Stanislav Karapetrovic
ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
International Journal for Quality Research
Quality
Environment
Inte gration
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
author_facet Merce Bernardo
Marti Casadesus
Stanislav Karapetrovic
author_sort Merce Bernardo
title ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
title_short ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
title_full ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
title_fullStr ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
title_full_unstemmed ARE METHODS USED TO INTEGRATE STANDARDIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A CONDITIONING FACTOR OF THE LEVEL OF INTEGRATION? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
title_sort are methods used to integrate standardized management systems a conditioning factor of the level of integration? an empirical study
publisher Center for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
series International Journal for Quality Research
issn 1800-6450
1800-7473
publishDate 2011-09-01
description Organizations are increasingly implementing multiple Management System Standards (M SSs) and considering managing the related Management Systems (MSs) as a single system.The aim of this paper is to analyze if methods us ed to integrate standardized MSs condition the level of integration of those MSs. A descriptive methodology has been applied to 343 Spanish organizations registered to, at least, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Seven groups of these organizations using different combinations of methods have been analyzed Results show that these organizations have a high level of integration of their MSs. The most common method used, was the process map. Organizations using a combination of different methods achieve higher levels of integration than those using a single method. However, no evidence has been found to confirm the relationship between the method used and the integration level achieved.
topic Quality
Environment
Inte gration
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
url http://www.ijqr.net/journal/v5-n3/7.pdf
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