Implementing an Integrated Management System (IMS)

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Acknowledgements
5. About the Author
6. Contents
7. Introduction
   1. What is an IMS?
   2. The decision to integrate
8. Chapter 1: Benefits of an IMS
9. Chapter 2: Terms and definitions
   1. Annex SL
   2. Leadership
   3. PDCA
   4. Risk-based thinking
10. Chapter 3: IMS Implementation Strategies
    1. Does an IMS always have to be aligned to any particular management standards?
    2. Strategic buy-in
    3. How far does Annex SL help a leadership team with thinking about an IMS?
    4. Why should leadership be interested in an IMS?
    5. PDCA and managing uncertainty
    6. IMS and process-based thinking
    7. IMS, risk and metrics
    8. How does this risk-based thinking impact on policy and objectives?
11. Chapter 4: Implementing an IMS – Policies and Objectives
    1. Policy
    2. Objectives
    3. What should the objectives say?
12. Chapter 5: Acting on the IMS
    1. Mind the gap
    2. Pursuing the project
    3. Conclusion
13. Chapter 6: Third-party assessment
    1. Is it worth considering?
    2. The assessment processes
    3. The endgame?
14. Further reading