Identification and modelling of barriers in the implementation of TQM

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-179

  Raj, Tilak ^a   Attri, Rajesh ^a  

^a YMCA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers; Implementation; Interpretive structural modelling; ISM; Total quality management; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051627999     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2011.041844     Document Type: Article

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