Creating excellence in construction companies: UK contractors' experiences of quality initiatives

TQM Magazine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 14-19

  McCabe, Steven ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; MARKETING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; OUTSOURCING; PERSONNEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING COMPANIES; QUALITY INITIATIVES; QUALITY ASSESSMENT (QA);

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0030400044     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789610152874     Document Type: Article

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