To talk about the quality of education is to relate it to the excellence and competitiveness of an educational community that has the need to strengthen and innovate its processes in a world of permanent change. The bibliographic review carried out in ScienceDirect, ebrary, Emerald, EBSCO, Eric and Redalyc with a search range between 2002 and 2016 allowed the consolidation of 11 dimensions that integrate 5 variables that influence the measurement of university quality management.

This paper seeks to understand the approach to social responsibility in SMEs linked to the health sector of the southwestern area of Bogota, as a basis for defining a model that supports socially responsible management practices. The methodology considers the application of a survey of 105 SMEs linked to the health sector in the southwestern area of Bogota whose results were consolidated and analyzed by an array in which theoretical approaches to social responsibility are compared a Light four theories: social performance of the company, shareholder value, stakeholder groups and corporate citizenship and practical approaches: core subjects of social responsibility: governance, human rights, labor practices, environment, fair operating practices, issues of consumers and active community participation. According to the results, in terms of theoretical approaches, the socially responsible management of the surveyed SMEs shows a clear trend towards the development of practices that are confined to compliance with regulatory guidelines. With regard to the evaluation of the practical aspects a higher level of performance identified in active participation and the development of the community followed by the adoption of elements of governance.

The research addresses the background of comprehensive management system to advance the formulation of a proposal for the integrated management systems based on NTC-ISO 9001:2015, la NTCISO 14001:2015 and Decree 1072 of 2015 (chapter 6) for home care companies; from a pragmatic location, within a mixed research, after performing the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the current situation, compared to the degree of implementation of the management systems in the entity, a proposal is made that provides tools to the organization to establish an integrated management system.

In order to make a proposal for guidelines to facilitate the integration of systems under NTC-ISO 9001:2015 and NTC-ISO 14001:2015 in higher education institutions (HEI), a sample of six universities certified with Icontec in NTC-ISO 9001, in which an analysis of its master documents was made to identify axes and missionary components that allow the articulation of an integrated management system. Subsequently a diagnosis was made to identify the current state of the environmental management and the integration of these standards. The results show that the quality system is implicit from the strategic planning, is part of its organizational culture and is a tool that contributes to the fulfillment of the mission. With environmental management, this same appropriation is not reflected in the absence of elements such as policies or guidelines that contribute to identify, reduce or control aspects. Finally, with these elements, guidelines were proposed that serve as a tool for the HEI to integrate their quality and environmental management systems and to contribute to the decision-making by top management.

The present research consisted in designing a diagnostic tool that facilitates the implementation and / or improvement of an Integrated Management System that articulates the standards NTC-ISO 9001:2015, NTCOHSAS 18001:2007 and Decree 1072 of 2015, specifically book 2, part 2, title 4, chapter 6 for small enterprises in the construction sector. This research aims to contribute to the construction companies promote practices for occupational safety and health, to mitigate the impact that this sector presents in Colombia. The first part of the work focused on the design and validation of content of the tool called “Instrument to diagnose the level of implementation, integration and compliance of standards NTC-ISO 9001:2015, NTC-OHSAS 18001:2007 and Decree 1072 of 2015, specifically book 2, part 2, title 4, chapter 6 as an integrated management system in small enterprises of the construction sector. The second part consisted in the application of the instrument in five small companies of the construction sector, selected by means of sample to convenience in the city of Cucuta, North of Santander; This in order to obtain a diagnosis of the current situation of small enterprises in the sector of study.

The aim of this article is to determine the economic, environmental and health and safety at work, caused by the lack of awareness in organizations impacts. This article is the beginning of a series of writings that deepen awareness about its impact on organizations, as assessed, preventive and corrective action should take the organization for continuous improvement, among others. The limitation in conducting this article, consisted of the scant literature on the proposed topic. The consequences of accidents affect not only the workers but their families, can also cause significant environmental damage and economic loss for the community, for these reasons it is necessary to identify the factors that influence these arise are. Case studies and practical experience have shown that the frequency and severity of accidents depend on the dangers inherent in work and own physical, physiological and psychological factors worker, leading to the conclusion that largely injuries are caused by lack awareness of these workers (OIT, 2015). Due to the above scenario the importance of awareness for economic and social development of the country is evident; from the environmental point of view, quality and safety and health at work actions organizations can pose risks to the worker, his family, society and the environment; increasing susceptibility to the occurrence of natural hazards, economic loss or risk situations that subsequently materialize disaster. Given the importance of awareness the NTC-ISO 9001:2008 management systems quality, NTC-ISO 14001:2004 environmental management systems and NTC-OHSAS 18001:2007 included in sections 6.2.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.2 competence, training and awareness, respectively.

Management as a science is a relatively newcomer in the human repository. Some authors give the date of its birth in 1886 with Henry Robinson Towne’s lecture The engineer as an economist within the context of the Scientific Administration (George & Alvarez, 2005). Management theories developed and evolved since then and had been published in textbooks for the use of students. However, none of these textbooks offers a glimpse of Elliott Jaques’ (1917- 2003) Requisite Organization. This article presents a Requisite Organization’s overview and makes a comparative analysis with other major scientific management theories developed in the past, following Glaser and Strauss (1967) method of continuous comparisons. The conclusion is that Jaques’ research of more than 60 years should be known in the academic world and taught in business schools.

This article aims to present the results of a review of the literature whose purpose identified variables and dimensions for the measurement of the maturity of safety and health at work management. Safety and health at work management has been modified in response to the current dynamics of organizations due to the introduction of new schemes of work, which are products of the development of the global economy. The review of the literature on 38 articles published between 2001-2017 in ScienceDirect, EBSCO, Eric and Redalyc and 6 documents detected through iterative search, which allowed identifying 10 dimensions grouped into 3 variables that can contribute to the measurement of the maturity of this management. These are internal context, external context and occupational safety and health approach (conceived as central strategy).