Atualmente o Brasil é o país com o maior número de empresas certificadas ISO 9001 na América latina. A Gestão da qualidade e métodos de melhoria contínua como PDCA estão presentes nas empresas e são amplamente aceitos nos sistemas de gestão. As micro, pequenas e médias empresas são de fundamental importância no cenário nacional, uma vez que representam 99% do total de empresas brasileiras. Com o advento da gestão do conhecimento como estratégia de promoção da competitividade assim como os sistema de gestão da qualidade, este trabalho apresentou como ocorre gestão do conhecimento nas atividades de melhoria contínua (PDCA / MASP) em micro e pequenas empresas. Foi objeto do estudo a implantação de um sistema de gestão da qualidade em uma micro empresa, onde identificou-se os pontos críticos de gestão do conhecimento na documentação do sistema de gestão. Também foram avaliadas as contribuições da gestão da qualidade e das ferramentas informatizadas (softwares) para a gestão do conhecimento. / Nowadays Brazil is the country with the most of ISO 9001 certified companies in Latin America. Quality management processes and continuous improvements methods like PDCA are present in these companies and are widely used on management systems. The smallest companies are really important on this background, once they are 99% of the total brazilian companies. With the upcoming knowledge management as a strategy for competition, just like the quality management systems, this work has showed how the knowledge management happens on these small companies inside the continuous improvement activities (PDCA / MASP). The subject of this thesis was the start of a quality management process in a small company, where we’ve seen the knowledge management critical points when creating the management system documentation. Also was evaluated the quality management and the software tools used and its contributions to knowledge management.

In recent decades the increasing pressure on companies operating in different areas of the business to enhaced their competitive advantage, focus on continual improvement and maintain customer loyalty. One of the tools that achieve the desired state, is implementation of quality management system according to ISO 9001. The quality management system implementation in the company gives its customers a clear signal of the intention to continuously improve the company in relation to the requirements of continuous improvement and transparent negotiated. Due to these reasons, the thesis deals with the analysis of compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001 in particular logistics company. The aim of this work is a detailed analysis of the current situation in the company with a focus on the creation of practical advice and recommendations, which aim to provide conformity to ISO 9001 with the conditions in the company. The work is conceived as a practical guide to implementation of the recommendations which have lead to the successful implementation of quality management system as well as the certification under that standard.

The final issue deals with the introduction of Quality Management Systems in Central Bohemian high schools. The theoretical part describes principles of the Quality Management and more closely presents ISO 9001 standard, EFQM Excellence Model, CAF Model and CQAF Model. The research part determines opinion of school headmasters in Decree No 15/2005 Coll., that specifies requirements for the obligatory self-evaluation of schools. In next chapters through a survey and an analysis of school web pages is examined practice of Quality Management Systems implementation in high schools in Central Bohemia -- current status, awareness of head masters, demand and expectations. The last chapter offers a definite experience with the introduction of Quality Management Systems through additional interviews with school headmasters.