integratedmanagementsystems.doc

Integrated Management Systems - A qualitative study of the levels of integration of three Danish Companies- Thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering in Environmental management MULU MEZOH AJIJA PATIENCE 14 April 2008 Environmental Management, Aalborg University  The Faculty of Engineering, Science and Medicine Department of Development and Planning Environmental Management Title: Integrated Management Systems - A qualitative study of the levels of integration of three Danish Companies- Project period: Synopsis: 1st of November 2007 – 14th of April, 2008 Author: Mulu Mezoh Ajija Patience Supervisor: Tine Herreborg J?rgensen Examiner: Christina Monrad Andersen Number of Copies: 3 Page Count: 93 Number of Appendices: 3 . Preface This report is prepared during the 10th semester of the study program Environmental Management, in the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University, in the spring of 2008. In this report the literature sources are cited in accordance to the 15th edition of the Chicago manual of style and n.d. refers to ‘no date’ Conveniently provided are appendices A, B, C, and D. They are suitably referred to in the text as supporting mechanisms. My sincere thank you goes to Charlotte Thy, Peter Friis, and Anne- Lise S?rensen for providence of well informed interviews and to Lilli Hundloft and Peter Vinter for the company tours. My sincere gratitude goes to Tine Herregaard J?rgensen for her well intended comments, patience and flexibility in supervising this report. Mulu Mezoh Ajija Patience List of Figures Figure 2.1 the relationship between the theories of science and the rest of the report ……..13 Figure 2.2: Repor