"Quality lives on": Quality initiatives and practices in Australia and Britain

TQM Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 487-498

  Burcher, Peter G ^a   Lee, Gloria L ^a   Waddell, Dianne ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Senior management; Total quality management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRITAIN; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; ISO-9000; QUALITY INITIATIVES; QUALITY LIFE; QUALITY MANAGERS; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; SIX SIGMA; SUCCESS FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956644316     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731011072838     Document Type: Article

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