How the mighty have fallen: The naked truth about TQM

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 504-513

  Nwabueze, Uche ^a  

^a HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Health Service; Organizational culture; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131418     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900110406601     Document Type: Article

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