Towards a better understanding of process documentation

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 400-409

  Ungan, Mustafa ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Document management; Organizational processes; Standardization; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

FLOWCHARTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

PROCESS DOCUMENTATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33745251990     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610671066     Document Type: Article

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