Linking environmental scanning to total quality management through business planning

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-233

  Temtime, Z T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Business planning; Developing countries; Environmental audit; Small to medium sized enterprises; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 20544439454     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710410524096     Document Type: Article

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