Six sigma education: A critical role for academia

TQM Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-302

  Mitra, Amitava ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business studies; Curricula; Quality programmes; Statistical methods; Universities

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BUSINESS STUDIES; QUALITY PROGRAMMES; SIX SIGMA APPROACH; UNIVERSITIES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 23844461538     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780410541963     Document Type: Review

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