Measuring organisational effectiveness and business performance in firms implementing total quality management

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-378

  Kaynak, Hale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business performance; Financial and market performance; Inventory management performance; Managerial process model; Organisational development internal process model; Organisational effectiveness; Quality performance; Systems resource model; TQM

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL AND MARKET PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL PROCESS MODEL; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE; MANAGERIAL PROCESS MODEL; ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; SYSTEMS RESOURCE MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33845983658     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2006.009244     Document Type: Article

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