Impact of a stretch strategy on knowledge creation in quality improvement projects

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-96

  Choo, Adrian S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge creation; six sigma projects; stretch strategy

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; LEARNING BEHAVIOR; PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN; PROJECT TEAM; PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SIX SIGMA PROJECT; STRETCH STRATEGY;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 78951481664     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2048913     Document Type: Article

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