The impact of organizational culture on the successful implementation of total quality management

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 606-625

  Rad, Ali Mohammad Mosadegh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Iran; Organizational culture; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 33749984015     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610707101     Document Type: Article

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