Pál MOLNÁR - President and CEO of the Hungarian National Committee for EOQ, Hungary

Quality of life is already a priority issue for many countries. Taking into account important and generally accepted philosophical aspects of quality – Quality of Life – is perceived in different ways, mainly in accordance with qualifications and preferences of researchers studying this subject. It is considered not only a philosophical but also a sociological category, including following disciplines: medicine, social psychology, ecology as well as organisation and management science, especially quality management. It may be concluded that the quality of life is the most important variant that can be considered as a factor stimulating development of the society. Conceptualisations and measurement of quality of life is difficult. Thus, there are many approaches to provide general definitions of this term. In this contexts, quality is a very complicated and subjective issue – difficult to measure, since on the one hand it defines successes and satisfaction, but on the other hand – a lack of satisfaction in case when a person has no successes at work or in private life.

Quality of Life, Improvement, Measurement