Links

Standard Setting Organizations

These organizations are consonant with Gold Standard Management thinking and have an important voice to add to the improved management approach required for the 21st century

• http://www.leapfroggroup.org - A major voice for business-desired standards
• http://www.quality.nist.gov - Baldridge
• http://www.qualityforum.org/
• http://nursecredentialing.org/ - ANA Magnet program

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Management Standards Groups in Other Countries

These organizations are well on their way to define pure management standards, an approach that is having a powerful impact on organization performance.

• http://www.management-standards.org - The UK's Management Standards Centre
• http://www.themsc.org/ - The Management Standards Consultancy
• http://www.iso.org/iso/management_standards.htm - International Organization for Standardization (ISO is now moving into defining standards for management)

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Corporate University & Knowledge Management

These sites are good places to pick up free items to round out your organization's training needs. Keep things consistent and inline with your inhouse defined management system, and avoid creating a fragmented operating and practice pattern.

• http://www.corpu.com/ - Corporate University Exchange
• http://www.managementhelp.org - A substantial free management library
• http://www.businessballs.com/ - Another free management library

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