Quality thinking and systems thinking

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-308

  Conti, Tito ^a  

^a International Academy for Quality   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quality concepts; Quality management; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEM THEORY;

QUALITY CONCEPTS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646883478     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610660013     Document Type: Article

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