An examination of organization and suborganization readiness for total quality management

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 556-569

  Elgamal, Mahmoud Abdelaziz ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Organizational groups; Performance improvement; TQM applications

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL GROUPS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031621725     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1998.002672     Document Type: Article

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