Culture of quality and the Australian construction industry

13th International Group for Lean Construction Conference: Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 531-538

  Saha, Swapan ^a   Hardie, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian construction industry; Culture of quality; Quality; Quality assurance; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING SITES; CULTURAL TRENDS; CULTURAL VALUE; DEGREE OF COMPATIBILITY; INDUSTRY PRACTICES; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LOW LEVEL; QUALITY SYSTEMS;

ALIGNMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33847274518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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