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    Adoption of ISO 9000 by Companies in Kazakhstan: Reasons for Adoption, Perceptions by Managers, and Benefits for Companies
    (Central Asia Business Journal, 2009) Moldashev K.
    The current paper explores the reasons for companies in Kazakhstan to adopt ISO 9000, the role of management, perception of Quality Management, and benefits from certification. The managers and employees of companies responsible for adoption of ISO 9000 were asked to answer survey questions. The main conclusions arising from study are that the major source of ISO 9000 knowledge are foreign partners, most companies report improvement in quality, and only small percentage of respondents agreed that costs decreased. The study shows the need to intensify promotion of ISO 9000 on local level by conferences, workshops and other means. Also, according to survey results, companies should emphasize on waste management and system approach management principles in adopting ISO 9000.
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    COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF ISO, CEN AND NATIONAL STANDARD OF KAZAKHSTAN
    (2022 International Young Scholars' Conference, 2022) M. Omarkhan
    Abstract. Every day, millions of businesses and organizations use standards. As the number of places where standardization is used increases day by day, there is a need for analyzing the standard developing organizations. Nowadays there exists many organizations that develop standards. The process of development may differ from organization to organization. Our lives are safer, easier, more comfortable, and more efficient with the help of standards. Standards can be classified into three categories: international standards, regional and national standards. There are a small number of research examining various standard developing organizations by categories. So, the main aim of this paper is to provide a comparative analysis of the standard development process in three different categories as International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), and the national standard developed by Kazakhstan to improve standard development quality and efficiency in Kazakhstan. The study will provide similarities and differences among standard developing organizations in terms of their stages, estimation time, and the structure of development.