Governance using ISO 9001:2000 challenges and barriers: empirical study applied on the Jordanian private mobile companies

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-202

  Abu Khadra, Husam ^a   Barqawi, Basem ^b   Alramahi, Nidal ^c  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c ZARQA UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

barriers; governance; implementation; ISO 9001:2008; Jordan; quality management system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901924302     PISSN: 17402891     EISSN: 17402905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPOM.2012.046324     Document Type: Article

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