Individual decision making: Implications for decision training in TQM

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 619-633

  Hartmann, Linley C ^a   Patrickson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; TQM; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745460748     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719810226537     Document Type: Article

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