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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"ISO certification"”.
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ISO 9001 certification and accreditation in healthcare system
… International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) certification and hospital accreditation offer alternative mechanisms as management and improvement tools for quality and safety, or as a mark of an accomplishment. Instruments for the external assessment of hospitals and their analyzed …
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Do Companies Value Maintaining ISO 9000 Certification? 2009 Case Study of 41 US Companies First Certified in 2000
The costs of obtaining and maintaining ISO certification are high. Moreover, studies have shown mixed results on the benefits of the certification. Consequently, the objective of this research was to verify whether or not companies do value maintaining the ISO 9000 certification. The empirical …
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Global Governance for Global Goals: Private Market Standardization via the UN Global Compact and ISO 9001 Diffusion
… in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and ISO 9001 certifications, this research offers initial insight into the capability of global governance institutions to mediate corruption's effect on the human development index. Through a multi-stage system of equations, this research models an …
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Total Quality Management Strategy for Improving Business Performance of the Service Sector in Jordan
… relationship between type, size, experience, and ISO-certification, and the degree of TQM implementation, and the impact of the TQM CSFs on company non-financial, and financial performance. It then produces a framework for successful TQM implementation which is validated for use in the Jordanian …
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The effects of ISO 9001:2000 certification on the internal organisational processes in the local government - the Malaysian context
… of organisations worldwide certified with the ISO 9001:2000 QMS hasincreased dramatically in the last decade. Malaysia, as many other developing nations,had also experienced a rapid growth in the number of ISO 9000 certified organisationsin the late 1990s. The growth of ISO 9000 certifications …
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Total quality management and drinking water quality: The Waikato experience
… Total Quality Management and its models i.e. ISO 9000 / ISO 14000 Standards, Quality Awards). This thesis examines the managerial practices related to the supply of drinking water in water utilities within the Waikato Region and the role of Total Quality Management (TQM) and its models (i.e. …
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A Qualitative Study of Selected Quality Knowledge and Practices in Guangdong Province, China
… two of the eight fundamental principles of the ISO 9000:2000 family of standards. These two principles, customer focus and leadership, were selected for the foundational role they play in any organization. Companies that are customer focused and have good leadership principles and practices …