An application of quality function deployment to improve the quality of teaching

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-413

  Lam, Kokin ^a   Zhao, Xiande ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Education; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000533757     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719810196351     Document Type: Article

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