Self assessment: Use at operational level to promote continuous improvement

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-89

  Mackerron, Grant C ^a   Masson, Ron ^a   Mcglynn, Mevin ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Operational level; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SELF ASSESSMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0142258719     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728021000080979     Document Type: Article

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