Managing with ISO Systems: Lessons from Practice

Long Range Planning

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-220

  Boiral, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; ISO 14001; ISO 9001; ISO CERTIFICATIONS; ISO STANDARDS; LEARNING PROCESS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; SHEDDING LIGHT;

MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

MANAGEMENT;

CERTIFICATION; GUIDELINE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 79956259711     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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