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Amanagement system is a set ofpolicies,processes and procedures used by anorganization to ensure that it can fulfill the tasks required to achieve its objectives.^[1] These objectives cover many aspects of the organization's operations (including product quality, worker management, safe operation, client relationships, regulatory conformance and financial success). For instance, aquality management system enables organizations to improve their quality performance, anenvironmental management system enables organizations to improve their environmental performance, and anoccupational health and safety management system enables organizations to improve their occupational health and safety performance, can be run in an integrated management system.

The international standard ISO 9000:2015 (Title: Quality management systems - fundamentals and vocabulary) defines the term in chapter 3.5.3 as a "set of interrelated or interacting elements of anorganization to establishpolicies and objectives, andprocesses to achieve those objectives".^[2]

A simplification of the main aspects of a management system is the 4-element "plan, do, check, act" approach. A complete management system covers every aspect of management and focuses on supporting the performance management to achieve the objectives. The management system should be subject to continuous improvement as the organization learns.

Examples of management system standards include:

• ISO 9000: standards forquality management systems (QMS)
• ISO 13485: standard for medical devices
• ISO 14000: standards forenvironmental management systems
• ISO/IEC 20000: standards for service management systems (SMS)
• ISO 22000: standards for food safety management systems (FSMS)
• ISO/IEC 27000: standards forinformation security management systems (ISMS)
• ISO 30301: standard for records (information and documentation)
• ISO 37001: standard for anti-bribery
• ISO 45001: standard foroccupational health and safety management systems
• ISO 50001: standard for energy management systems
• ISO 55000: standards for asset management systems
• ISO 56002: standard for innovation management systems
• FitSM: standards for lightweightIT service management
• ILO-OSH: occupational safety and health management systems
• SA 8000: standards for social accountability management systems
• IAEA management system safety standards

• Evolution of management systems
• Environmental management system (EMS)
• Lean integration
• Quality management system (QMS)
• Safety management system (SMS)
• Total quality management (TQM)
• Warehouse management system (WMS)
• Welfare management system (WMS)

• International Organization for Standardization (2001) Guidelines for the justification and development of management system standards. International Standard ISO Guide 72, Geneva, Switzerland.
• International Organization for Standardization (2004) Environmental Management Systems-Specifications with Guidance for Use. International Standard ISO 14001, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Commission for Environmental Cooperation (2000): “Improving Environmental Performance and Compliance: 10 Elements of Effective Environmental Management Systems.” Report.
• Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series Project Group (1999): Occupational health and safety management systems - Specification; OHSAS 18001:1999. 389Chiswick High Road, London, W4 4AL, United Kingdom.
• International Organization for Standardization (2000) Quality Systems - Model for Quality Assurance in Design, Development, Production, Installation and Servicing. International Standard ISO 9001:2000(E), Geneva, Switzerland.
• United States Department of Labor, Occupational Health and Safety Administration (1989);"Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines." Federal Register, January 26, 1989.
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (2001): “Integrated Environmental Management Systems: Implementation Guide.” Report written byAbt Associates for the USEPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Design for the Environment Program; Economics, Exposure, and Technology Division. Washington, DC.

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