Introduction to Management System Success
The focus of my website is the "management system" and how to make it work.
I try to make it as generic as possible, however, my background is related to safety management, safety
management systems, training and audits.
I used to work with the ISRS (International Safety
Rating System) and predecessors between 1974 and 1991.
I also took the initiative in 1989 and helped develop the first accredited safety certification system for
contractors (VCA or SCC) using a checklist to assist as a reference for: (1) developing an in-company safety
system and (2) certification purposes. That VCA/SCC scheme exists since
1994 and now includes about 14.000 certificates in The Netherlands. For more information about what I did: see
my CV.
Management systems have interfaces with many related subjects. Across my website I will refer to a number of
those but will not go into much or any detail as not to lose the focus of my website.
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A Management System is ....
In essence, a management system is no more than
saying: "this is what we want and this is the way we think we will get there".
That can be done orally, by example or in written form on paper or
electronically but it does not necessarily make it effective in reaching the
desired objective.
For that you need three things: (i) process, (ii)
content and (iii) structure
You find those in my E-Book
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I tried to arrange my website in a certain order - see "Reading my Website" below - so you may be able to read
through it in a more or less logical sequence. Following the suggested order, you will go through some background
information related to making your management system work and improving it once it is operational.
Going through my website, I hope that you will be able to agree at least to some of it and maybe even buy my
E-book containing the three main aspects for management system
success in more detail than provided via this website. And if you are not able to agree with me or do not need
my E-Book, that is fine with me and I thank you for your visit and wish you well on your journey bringing your
organization to the success that it may be looking for.
The scope of my website is very broad and I will not cover everything that one could possibly cover. I do
that on purpose to not confuse the focus of my website. But also because I do not know everything and, as a matter
of fact, do not need to in order to discuss the essence of making a management system successful.
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Management System Success = Management
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The basic ingredients for management system
success are only few but the principles involved have a broad application and can be applied to all
sorts of management systems, irrespective their objectives.
Reading my website
To facilitate reading my website you will, at the end of each page, find a link to the next suggested
page. If you follow the links, my website is kind of a course providing you with the main information regarding the
management system and how to make it work. Of course you may skip pages as you see fit. You may also see the same
information more than once and if that happens, just see it as a refresher - the reason why I repeat part of the
text is to add some body to the subject as visitors to my website may just land on any page and not follow the path
that I suggest for better understanding.

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