Three leafed clover?: Tqm, organisational excellence and business improvement

The TQM Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 314-320

  Mcadam, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business improvement; Organizational excellence; TQM

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; CONTROL THEORY; INFORMATION THEORY; PERSONNEL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS EFFICIENCY; BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT; DYNAMIC PROCESSES; ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE (OE);

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0009371811     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780010341897     Document Type: Review

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