Top management: A threat or an opportunity to TQM?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 463-476

  Soltani, Ebrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CEO commitment; Literature survey; Organizational performance; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144488806     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500078441     Document Type: Article

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