Quality management and the university: A deafening clash of metaphors?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 475-487

  Houston, Don ^a   Studman, C J ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

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EID: 34147162393     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930120082041     Document Type: Article

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