ISO 9001: Management of Quality or the Quality Management

Which does ISO 9001 emphasize more, the Management of Quality or the Quality of Management?

The majority of newbies who just become familiarizing themselves with ISO 9001 international standard ask the same question:
‘ISO 9001 – is a management system of what?’ 

Taking into account the following:

• the QMS requirements cover almost all elements of the enterprise management system;
• the requirements are worded based on analysis and synthesis of best international practices suitable for all;
• ISO 9001 is the core of the entire family of management systems standards;

we can give the answer to the question as: ISO 9001 is a system of quality of management.

So the following formula is valid: 'QMS = Quality of Management = Quality Business'
 

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