The development of total quality management in Qatar

TQM Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-204

  Al Khalifa, Khalifa N ^a   Aspinwall, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ISO 9000; Qatar; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; ISO 9000; QATAR; TQM IMPLEMENTATION;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0000174359     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780010320250     Document Type: Article

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