Quality management initiatives in Europe: An empirical analysis according to their structural elements

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 577-601

  Gutiérrez, Leopoldo J Gutiérrez ^a   Torres, Ignacio Tamayo ^a   Molina, Vanesa Barrales ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Difficulty of implementation; EFQM model; ISO; Quality control; Quality management initiatives; Six sigma methodology; Structural elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953653514     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2010.483064     Document Type: Article

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