A “total cycle time” approach to re-engineering social services

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 35-51

  Ng, Billy ^a   Kent, James D ^b   Egbert, Marica A ^b  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b George Gund Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's services; Re engineering; Total cycle time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039333037     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v24n03_03     Document Type: Article

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