HR utilization and quality improvement: The reality and the rhetoric - the case of Greek industry

TQM Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-135

  Vouzas, Fotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Function evaluation; Greece; Human resources management; ISO 9000 series; Organizations; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TOTAL ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1642330244     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780410523026     Document Type: Article

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