Six Sigma and management theory: Processes, content and effectiveness

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-506

  Lloréns Montes, F Javier ^a   Molina, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Quality; Six Sigma; Theory organizational behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645716627     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500528270     Document Type: Article

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