Quality improvement oriented training and education programme and its financial accounting system

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 380-406

  Kathiravan, N ^a   Devadasan, S R ^a   Zakkeer, M Muhammed ^b  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TKM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Accounting; Education; Milk; Quality improvement; Total quality management; Training

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ACCOUNTING; MILK; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645026712     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570610653515     Document Type: Article

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