Barriers to the successful implementation of TQM in Iranian manufacturing organisations

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-373

  Abdolshah, Mohammad ^a   Abdolshah, Saeed ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barriers to successful TQM implementation; Iranian manufacturing organisations; Management effectiveness; Total quality management; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953698474     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2011.039352     Document Type: Article

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