Assessment and improvement of quality management capabilities for manufacturing industries in Australia

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-121

  Lobo, Stanislaus Roque ^a   Matawie, Kenan M ^b   Samaranayake, Premaratne ^b  

^a SAI Global Professional Services NA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information; Knowledge; Leadership; QMAF; Quality culture; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859911413     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2011.639561     Document Type: Article

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