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Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering Management /General
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART B-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MANUFACTURE
This paper reports the main findings of a study of five manufacturing compa
nies in relation to their attitudes to the integration of quality, environm
ental and occupational health and safety management systems. It was found t
hat less interest is shown in occupational health and safety management sys
tems, ISO 14001 is preferred to EMAS and those organizations that have embr
aced the principles and mechanisms of total quality management are more lik
ely to pursue integration than those that have not. Integration of manageme
nt systems is also seen more readily by those organizations that have opera
tions involving high hazards. It is also pointed out that system integratio
n can be achieved in a number of ways and at different levels which are exp
lored in the paper.