Quality of Life Gnosiology of Category Aristotle s concept

“Quality of Life”: Gnosiology of Category Aristotle`s concept of “Good Life” Aristotle`s concept of “Eudaimonia” E. Phelps concept “Life of Quality” Category “Quality of Life”

Classification of Countries by Socioeconomic Maturity

Rank of EU Citizens` Happiness Index by traditional values Values Health Love Employment/ satisfaction of Work Peace Money/wealth Friendship Freedom Justice EU Emerging Market EU Developed Countries, % Market Countries, % 80 73 41 48 39 33 38 24 19 22 31 38 25 36 32 24 ©V. Kvint, V. Okrepilov, on the database of European Quality of Life Survey 2012 by Eurofund. Brussels, Belgium.

Algorithmic multiplication function (the Kvint algorithm) Where: P - synthesized indicator, Pk - one of the five specific indicators listed below, Wk - the weight (or importance) of indicator Pk (the relative weight of each of the five indicators (listed in Table 1)) N - the total number of indicators (in this case, five).

Integrated Indicators and their Weights for countries classification Indicator Weight Modern-tech Manufacturing Index 1 Knowledge Economy Index 1 Service-based Economy Index 0, 7 Economic Freedom Index 0, 7 GDP per Capita (PPP) Index 2

Synthesized Country Rating of Technological, Economic, and Social Advancement Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Based on the "Bennett" Algorithm Sweden 1 Denmark 6 United States 4 Finland 8 Norway 7 Japan 9 Canada 11 Netherlands 13 Ireland 5 Australia 10 Germany 12 United Kingdom 16 Hungary 15 Luxembourg 3 France 14 Austria 17 Turkey 27 Belgium 18 Korea, South 19 Singapore 2 Country Kvint Algorithm Arithmetic Averages 1 2 4 3 5 8 9 7 16 13 11 10 12 24 15 14 6 18 17 34 1 4 4 5. 5 6 8. 5 10 10 10. 5 11. 5 13 13. 5 14. 5 15. 5 16. 5 18 18 18

Synthesized Country Rating of Technological, Economic, and Social Advancement Rank Country 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 New Zealand Italy Spain Czech Republic Portugal Malaysia Estonia Poland Mexico Lithuania Greece Bulgaria South Africa Brazil Romania Croatia Argentina India Armenia Jordan Based on the "Bennett" Algorithm 22 21 20 23 24 28 26 30 29 31 25 33 32 35 36 34 37 38 42 41 Kvint Algorithm Arithmetic Averages 19 21 23 20 22 25 30 26 28 27 36 29 31 33 32 35 39 38 37 41 20. 5 21 21. 5 23 26. 5 28 28 28. 5 29 30. 5 31 31. 5 34 34 34. 5 38 38 39. 5 41

EU members innovation activity Source: http: //ec. europa. eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/facts-figures-analysis/innovationscoreboard/

Dynamics of the Human Development Index in Developed and Emerging Market countries Index Value 0. 9 0. 78 0. 7 0. 62 0. 5 0. 3 0. 84 0. 7 0. 86 0. 73 0. 87 2005 2012 0. 75 0. 58 0. 6 0. 4 0. 82 0. 46 0. 34 1980 1995 Developed Countries 2000 Emerging Market Countries ©V. Kvint, V. Okrepilov, on the database of 2013 Human Development Report, UNDP, New York, NY 2013. http: //hdr. undp. org/en Year

Number of Quality Management Certificates issued in accordance with ISO 9001 (2011) ©V. Okrepilov, on the database of ISO Survey of Management System Standard Certification, 2011

Dynamics of Quality Management System certification, 2011 ©V. Okrepilov, on the database of ISO Survey of Management System Standard Certification, 2011

Analysis of activities in St. Petersburg companies according to the criteria of the EFQM Excellence Model ©V. Okrepilov

Example of a National Quality System

Strategic implementation of Values and “Life of Quality” Aristotle`s concept of “Good Life” Quality Management System Aristotle`s concept of “Eudaimonia” E. Phelps concept “Life of Quality”