Higher management education - Should Six Sigma be added to the curriculum?

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-170

  Rao, K P ^a   Rao, K Girija ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Black Belt certification BOK; Business research tools; MBA course curriculum; Quantitative methods; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648929850     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2007.015014     Document Type: Article

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