Continuous innovation through company wide employee participation

TQM Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-207

  Tonnessen, Tor ^a  

^a Rogaland Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Action research; Business process re engineering; Employee participation; Innovation; Norway; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MARKETING; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACTION RESEARCH; BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING; EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION; INNOVATIONS; NORWAY;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 18844375903     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780510583254     Document Type: Article

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