A Study on the Emergence and Resilience of Integrated Management Systems in Organizations with an Industrial Profile in Romania

This paper aims to highlight the specific elements regarding emergence and resilience in implementing integrated management systems (IMSs) in organizations with an industrial profile in Romania. The purpose of the research was to carry out an extensive study in the industrial field to identify key elements in the implementation of IMSs, considering the identification and analysis of those elements that can generate risks (emerging elements) as well as the identification and analysis of components that can be used to intervene quickly in the event of the manifestation of risks and that may produce unexpected disturbances (resilient management). A quantitative survey distributed to 147 managers of an industrial organization that has a minimum of two integrated management systems was used for data collection. The present study highlights the opinions of the managers from Romanian industrial enterprises regarding the elements that contribute when implementing an integrated management system. For this purpose, the survey focused on the following main topics: the advantages achieved from the integration, the internal and external barriers encountered, the strategies followed for integration, the risks that occurred, some of the internal and external performance indicators (KPIs) that guide the organization, the elements that are not susceptible to integration, the integration model used, the audit typology, the documents that are needed and the main aspects improved after implementing the integrated management system. The information obtained from the study outlined several themes that management should consider in order to obtain a framework for integration guidance. © 2025 by the authors