Top management commitment and overall engineering education excellence

TQM Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-273

  Sakthivel, P B ^a  

^a Planners and Engineers (India) Private Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Higher education; India; Leadership; Levels of education; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

INDIA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ENGINEERING INSTITUTIONS; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEADERSHIP; LEVELS OF EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 34247342607     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780710745676     Document Type: Article

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