TQM: An act of balance between contradictions

The TQM Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-540

  Harnesk, Roland ^a   Abrahamsson, Lena ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leadership; Quality management techniques; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDIZATION;

COMPLEX NAVIGATION; MANAGEMENT LITERATURE; MANIPULATION VERSUS EMPOWERMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35348873833     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780710828395     Document Type: Article

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