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Volume 27, Issue 3
1 March 1989
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Research Article| March 01 1989

A Study of Quality Circles in Whitecollar Areas

A.I. Temple;
A.I. Temple
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B.G. Dale
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6070
Print ISSN: 0025-1747
© MCB UP Limited
1989
Management Decision (1989) 27 (3)
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000034

A study carried out at UMIST of the operation of white‐collar circles in manufacturing firms is reported. Despite the problems associated with initiating and sustaining white‐collar circles, it is not suggested that they should be avoided.

Keywords: Consultants, Quality circles, Training, Manufacturing industry, Employees
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