The effects of participation in decision making, individual improvement efforts and training on the quality of the product design process

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-8

  Kitapci H ^a   Sezen, B ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Individual improvement effort; Participation in decision making; Quality of the product design process; Training

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT DESIGN PROCESS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33847068829     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280600940580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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