Twins in trouble (II): Systems thinking in healthcare and education

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-130

  Waldman, J Deane ^a,c,d   Schargel, Franklin P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b RO Anderson Graduate Schools of Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Improvement; Public policy; Quality; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344436499     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500250040     Document Type: Article

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