Efficient cost management through excellence quality management practices among local authorities in Malaysia

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 99-108

  Mohd Ali, Khairul Anuar ^a   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^a   Yusoff, Rushami Zien ^b   Abas, Zakaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cost management; Efficiency; Local authorities; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847410548     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360601051669     Document Type: Article

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