Self-audit of process performance

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-45

  Karapetrovic, Stanislav ^a   Willborn, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit; Performance measurement; Quality management; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013333739     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210413435     Document Type: Article

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