The importance of concepts in creativity and improvement

Quality Progress

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Provost, Lloyd P ^a,b,c   Langley, Gerald J ^c,d,e  

^a Associates in Process Improvement   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c American Society for Quality   (India)

^d Associates in Process Improvement   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONCEPTS; CREATIVITY; IMPROVEMENT;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 0032028159     PISSN: 0033524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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3. Edward de Bono, Serious Creativity (New York, NY: Harper Business, 1992).
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
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7. Ibid.
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