The International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) has released a draft International Standard providing a common management structure for a management system, whether it is an Environmental, Quality, Information Security Management System or any other management system.
There is much to be gained by having a common structure to management systems from an implementation viewpoint especially for organisations seeking to develop more than one management system or those seeking a fully integrated solution.
A disadvantage of this approach could be a lack of focus on the development of management systems to deal with the specific discipline issues, such as environment but the general approach has been to avoid such pitfalls.
Further information can be found at: ISO D Guide 83