Quality and complexity-lessons from English higher education

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 838-858

  Hewitt, Fred ^a   Clayton, Marlene ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Quality; Theory; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144322659     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719910289159     Document Type: Article

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