TY - GEN A1 - Klos, Zbigniew T1 - Introduction of Life Cycle Management to Organisations. LCA And Other Supporting Tools T2 - Wissenschaftliche Beiträge 2002 N2 - The idea of assistance of different tools in introduction of Life Cycle Management of products and services to the organizations in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries is presented in this paper. First, Total Quality Management, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards are analyzed as a tools which could support this process, but special attention is paid to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). According to environmental management systems scheme organisations of all kinds are concerned to achieve and demonstrate the sound environmental performance and they have to establish and maintain the procedures for examining and assessing the environmental effects of their activities, products or services. Among the best in this field methods is just LCA. It is the process of evaluating the environmental effects by identifying and quantifying the environmental loads or interventions, i. e. the amount of energy and raw materials used and the amount of emissions and wastes released into the environment. In this paper the goals of LCA are listed and main applications are presented. Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-6885 SN - 0949-8214 VL - 7 SP - 43 EP - 49 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Klos, Zbigniew T1 - Cultural factor in quality management of Polish enterprises T2 - Wissenschaftliche Beiträge 2/2000 N2 - Since the beginning of nineties Poland and other central European countries have undergone significant economical transformation. It needs the enormous work to be done, using the best methods and ways available. As such also the introduction of the “new culture” into organisations is regarded. Paper deals with the role of the enterprise culture in quality management in Poland. At the beginning, after some historical and actual remarks concerning economy, the meaning of the enterprise culture is defined as well as its symptoms are presented. Then the main elements of shaping enterprise culture in Polish enterprises are described. The conditions of culture introduction to these organisations are reviewed in two spheres: external and internal. National features of Poles in implementation of culture into enterprises are also considered and its role is shown. Examples of original enterprise culture are presented and shortly the Polish Quality Award is characterized. Y1 - 2000 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-7106 SN - 0949-8214 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 78 EP - 82 ER -