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TQM Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-174

  Hellström, Andreas ^a   Eriksson, Henrik ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Section of Hematology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business improvement; Health services; Process oriented organizations; Sweden

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; HEALTH SERVICES; IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUE; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; PROCESS MAPPING; PROCESS ORIENTATION; PROCESS ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS; PROCESS VIEW; RESPONSE RATES; SWEDEN;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

EID: 49349091569     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542730810857390     Document Type: Article

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