How to increase exploration within the TQM practice

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1075-1081

  Hsu, Sheng Hsun ^a,b   Tzeng, Shiou Fen ^b   Wang, Yu Che ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double loop learning; Exploitation; Exploration; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749113915     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360701594626     Document Type: Article

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