Management system

Definition

A management system is set of interrelated or interacting elements of an organization to establish a policy and objectives, and processes to achieve this policy and these objectives.

Abreviation

MS

Notes

ISO has developed a structure for management systems in general, which is applied in multiple domains, such as quality, environment and information security. This high-level structure is also be applied to knowledge management.

The figure shows the elements in the high level structure for management systems.

A standard has also been developed for a knowledge management system.