TQM and higher education: A critical systems perspective on fitness for purpose

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-17

  Houston, Don ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Critical systems thinking; Improvement; Learning; Systems ideas; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147187335     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320701272672     Document Type: Article

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