The Scottish Quality Management System: an interim evaluation

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 251-260

  Howard Marshall, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implementation; ISO 9000; Scotland; Surveys; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099492     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900210429678     Document Type: Article

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