Quality audits: Their status, prowess and future focus

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-382

  Rajendran, M ^a   Devadasan, S R ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ISO 9000 series; Quality audit; Quality improvement; Quality systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344370613     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900510592052     Document Type: Article

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