A review of total quality management in practice: Understanding the fundamentals through examples of best practice applications - part I

TQM Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 270-286

  Thiagarajan, T ^a   Zairi, M ^b  

^a Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; CODES (STANDARDS); QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT; STAKEHOLDERS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 0030650277     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789710181899     Document Type: Article

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