The New ISO 9001 and the problem of ceremonial conformity: How have audit methods evolved?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-399

  Biazzo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Audit methods; Ceremonial conformity; ISO 9001; Performance audit; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844417686     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500054145     Document Type: Article

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