Integrated management systems and audits
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Organisations today have to manage several requirements at once: quality, safety, the environment, compliance, risk control and performance. An integrated management system brings these requirements together in a coherent framework that is clearer and more effective. This course introduces you to the foundations of integrated management systems and helps you understand the central role of audits in implementing, evaluating and improving them. You'll learn how to bring several standards together in a unified approach, how to structure processes, track requirements, identify gaps and make oversight more reliable. It also helps you understand the place of auditing within the life of a management system: not as a mere check, but as a tool for analysis, verification, prevention and progress. This approach is consistent with the principles generally associated with IMS, which aim to integrate several standards within a harmonised framework in order to reduce duplication and improve overall effectiveness. Suitable for beginners, this course offers a clear, structured approach to understanding how an organisation can manage its requirements in an integrated way and use auditing to make lasting progress.
Overview
What this course covers
Integrated management systems and audits is an online UpSkills course in Quality, compliance & continuous improvement, organised into 17 modules, 17 lessons and 3h 54m of content. Each sequence pairs theory with hands-on practice so that what you learn transfers directly to a real professional setting.
By the end of this programme you will be able to understand what an integrated management system is, identify the principles for linking several management requirements and understand how standards such as quality, environment and health and safety are integrated. These skills are built up gradually across the course, consolidating the fundamentals before moving on to more advanced material.
The learning path opens with “Introduction to Management Systems” and closes with “Untitled Section”, taking in “Quality and sustainable development principles”, “Integrated approach & benefits” and “The HLS Structure” along the way. The sequence is designed so each module builds on the one before it.
This course is aimed at learners at beginner level looking to build their skills in Quality, compliance & continuous improvement. It suits both individual upskilling and a company-led development plan, and needs no special software or equipment to follow.
The programme is led by Nawal EL FARJI, who brings 22 years of experience in the field; you learn at your own pace, with no fixed schedule, from desktop, tablet or mobile; an UpSkills certificate is issued once you complete the course.
What you'll learn
Key Objectives
Understand what an integrated management system is
Identify the principles for linking several management requirements
Understand how standards such as quality, environment and health and safety are integrated
Position the role of the audit within the workings of a management system
Distinguish between internal audit, external audit and compliance logic
Spot gaps, sensitive areas and opportunities for improvement
Understand the link between auditing, risk control and continuous improvement
Take a more structured view of oversight, compliance and organisational performance
This learning is consistent with the objectives typically associated with courses on IMS and auditing: understanding standards, the process approach, continuous improvement, risk control and audit techniques.
Program
16 module(s)
MODULE 1
Introduction to Management Systems
1 elementIntroduction to Management Systems
15 minMODULE 2
Quality and sustainable development principles
1 elementQuality principles and sustainable development
15 minMODULE 3
Integrated approach & benefits
1 elementIntegrated approach & benefits
18 minMODULE 4
The HLS Structure
1 elementThe HLS Structure
15 minMODULE 5
The ISO 9001 standard
1 elementThe ISO 9001 standard
15 minMODULE 6
ISO 14001 (Environment)
1 elementISO 14001 (Environment)
15 minMODULE 7
ISO 45001 (Health & Safety)
1 elementISO 45001 (Health & Safety)
15 minMODULE 8
Rolling out an IMS
1 elementRolling out an IMS
15 minMODULE 9
Risk and opportunity management
1 elementRisk and opportunity management
15 minMODULE 10
IMS tools and documentation
1 elementIMS tools and documentation
16 minMODULE 11
Audit principles and types
1 elementAudit principles and types
13 minMODULE 12
Planning an integrated audit
1 elementPlanning an integrated audit
13 minMODULE 13
Conducting the audit
1 elementConducting the audit
13 minMODULE 14
Integrated management review
1 elementIntegrated management review
13 minMODULE 15
Integration and certification
1 elementIntegration and certification
14 minMODULE 16
Conclusion and outlook
1 elementConclusion and outlook
14 minMODULE 17
Untitled Section
1 elementUntitled Lesson
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- First capsule free, available right away
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Requirements
Before you start
An interest in quality, compliance, organisation, risk management or continuous improvement is recommended
A desire to better understand how to build a coherent management system and assess its effectiveness