Abstract
The concept of auditing as an official examination of a defined thing or body is proposed.
From this is developed the idea that in terms of the quality of work of all those concerned within any organization, auditing can be considered as being all-embracing.
The history of quality systems audits is examined from the 1970s to date. The results of the publication and use of the BS 5750 series of standards are examined, in the light of how these drove a positive need for auditing into areas where this was previously unknown.
Following on from this, the implications of the international standards currently published as the ISO 9000 series are examined.
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Mills, D. (1993). An overview of audits. In: Quality Auditing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0697-9_1
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