Total quality management and corporate culture: Constructs of organisational excellence

Technovation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 643-650

  Irani, Zahir ^a   Beskese, Ahmet ^b   Love, Peter E D ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Continuous improvement; Corporate culture; TQM

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CASE STUDY; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; CORPORATE CULTURE; MARKET GROWTH;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3042857068     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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