Continuous improvement: Design, organization and management

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-101

  Lindberg, Per ^a,b   Berger, Anders ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Ctr for Res on Org Renewal   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Management performance; Organization

Indexed keywords

PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030678984     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1997.001710     Document Type: Article

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