TQM and the Transcendental Meditation program in a Swedish top management team

The TQM Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 219-229

  Schmidt Wilk, Jane ^a  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

MANAGEMENT TEAMS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037699435     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780310486137     Document Type: Article

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