Standards are often about a product but can be about management.
The pre-eminent standard in the area of management is the international quality management standard ISO 9000. Such standards are more important to an organization's success than are technical standards. Yet, the vast majority of ISO standards are about specific technical products, such as computer operating systems. The standard provides a general framework for quality management and is targeted towards manufacturing organizations. The challenge to the organization is to invest in the additional workload of the maintenance of records for monitoring quality in such a way that the profitability of the company is improved.