Principles Concepts Standards of Management Systems

Both management and management systems have long been in the center of the world’s attention due to the requirement to a special expertise and financial demands. Currently after stages of distinguishing and fictionalization of management professions and their more detailed division to various management sub-systems supports by ISO standards their connection – integration on both the horizontal and vertical level occurs especially as a result of development and advance in the field of information and communication technologies. The purpose of this monograph is to present consecutive factual and generalized knowledge about principles, concepts and standards of selected management systems based on the systemic paradigm of quality for its integration. Theoretically and methodologically in this publication are processed bases and models of the quality of entities for three managerial systems. Principles, conception and standards are addressed in more detail for the area of measurement management; quality management and social responsibility; and for information security management. The book is intended for all professionals who are concerned with management systems and its integration.

Kristina Zgodavova, Ph.D. Professor at the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia belongs to leading Slovak experts in the area of quality engineering and management.