Helping the Kiwi to fly: Creating world-class organizations in New Zealand through a benchmarking initiative

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 707-718

  Mann, Robin ^a   Grigg, Nigel ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Benchmarking clubs; Business excellence; Consortiums; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042577376     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360410001680198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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