International Organization for Standardization (ISO): An Introduction

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Every organization needs to maintain certain quality standards provided by organizations like ISO. More so, since today’s customers have become highly aware and quality conscious. The International Standards Organization has provided a level playing field manufacturer to officially state the quality of their products and business practices. ISO is made up of more than 150 national standards institutes from countries large and small, industrialized and developing, from all regions of the world. ISO develops voluntary technical standards, which contribute to making industrial production and supply more efficient, safer and cleaner, and to making trade between countries easier and fairer. ISO standards also serve to safeguard consumers in general of products and services, as well as make their lives simpler. There are more than 30,000 ISO standards listed till date. Owing to several recent changes and reforms within the organization, the ISO has created a lot more value for itself in the following aspects: recognized experience in international consensus building, a brand name and recognition on the global platform, a diversified scope, a strong national membership base and wide spectrum representation, its extensive networking, its ability to provide a broad base for regulation and standard implementation, leadership in the use of IT tools, etc. This book focuses on the future requirements and parameters of standards for quality check in every organization. It is hoped that the book will benefit people of various interests like consumer forum, organizational heads, business heads, consumers of products and services, management students, entrepreneurs, traders, quality control bodies, strategy formers, beginners and implementers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pramod Rao

Pramod Rao holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Regional Engineering College, Rourkela. He has 35 years of varied industrial experience. He started his career with Voltas Ltd., where he worked in the marketing division for 18 years and held various senior managerial positions. For the next 17 years he co-founded and ran his own enterprises. He co-founded ‘Raaga Vacations', based at Connecticut, USA and 'BSO', based at Mumbai, India. These firms were involved in tourism marketing business. Later, he co-founded and was Managing Director of 'Glenridge Executives Center Pvt. Ltd.' at Bangalore which offered ready-to-use, fully furnished offices and allied services to MNCs, wanting to begin their operations at Bangalore. He currently heads Icfai Business School Research Centre, Pune.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Simantee Sen

Simantee Sen holds a postgraduate diploma in Business Management from Indian Institute of Planning and Management, New Delhi and master's degrees in Environmental Biology as well as Advertising and Public Relations from Delhi University. She is currently working as an Adjunct Faculty at Icfai Business School, Pune. She also teaches at various other B-Schools in Pune. She also worked with The Times of India and American Express India for about seven years. Her areas of interest include human resource development, marketing, advertising and public relations.

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Title
International Organization for Standardization (ISO): An Introduction
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131407861
Length
288p.
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