Quality Business

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Quality Business

Quality Issues in the Smaller Firm

Economics, Finance, Business and Management Economics Quality Assurance (QA) and Total Quality Management (TQM) Small businesses and self-employment

Authors: Robert Blackburn, James Curran, Julian North

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Collection: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 11th September 2002

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 788 Kb

ISBN: 9781134758067


Introduction

This book is the first to seriously consider quality issues in smaller firms, based upon well-conducted research and careful theorizing.

Subjects Covered

the relevance of formal quality standards such as BS 5750 to small firms

definitions and implementations of ''quality'' in a business context, from formal standards to Total Quality Management

interviews with a selected sample of over 150 owner-managers

detailed case studies of small firms

analysis of self-generated quality strategies

the variety of formal methods of quality control

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