Critical thinking and business process improvement

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 556-564

  Ayad, Amine ^a  

^a Strayer University   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Problem solving; Process management; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957026854     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711011046521     Document Type: Article

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