Retesting a model of the deming management method

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-412

  Fisher, Caroline M ^a   Barfield, Jesse ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Mehta, Rajiv ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deming management method; Management theory; Success factors; Total Quality Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844408103     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500053758     Document Type: Article

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