INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

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Published: 2015-10-02

Page: 109-124


MANUEL FERREIRA REBELO

CLEGI, Lusíada University, V. N. Famalicão, Portugal.

GILBERTO SANTOS *

College of Technology, Polytechnic Institute Cávado Ave, Barcelos, Portugal.

RUI SILVA

CLEGI, Lusíada University, V. N. Famalicão, Portugal.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to, in a holistic way, identify and explore the critical success factors (CSFs) that are considered in the context of the growing discussions, movements, proposed models, and case studies about the integration of management systems (MSs). This work is an investigation focused on the integration of MSs into an integrated management system (IMS) and the proposed approach takes into account the literature review as well as the experience gained by the authors on researches about Portuguese enterprises. This qualitative and empirical research, investigated the integration of MSs from existing scientific publications for the period 1999 to 2014, on-going case studies and one inquiry conducted by the authors. This research contributes to a better understanding of the CSFs regarding the integration of MSs and thus provides an insight on the preventive management. This research shows an evident lack of information regarding case studies on CSFs for integrated management systems (IMSs) and has identified a set of relevant CSFs, for MSs integration and associated guidelines that organizations should take as a priority, in order to be able to manage, on a preventive way, the implementation of IMSs, and consequently to become more competitive with added value for the stakeholders.

Keywords: Integrated Management System (IMS), Critical Success Factor (CSF), System Standard (MSS), sustainability, added value


How to Cite

REBELO, M. F., SANTOS, G., & SILVA, R. (2015). INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS. Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research, 5(2), 109–124. Retrieved from https://ikprress.org/index.php/JGEMBR/article/view/1934

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