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Volume 4, Issue 2
1 June 1996
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Research Article| June 01 1996

The need for quality cultures

Phillip W. Bowen
Phillip W. Bowen is based at 4 Harrier Close, Pennyfarthings, Watermead, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 2UN. Tel: 01296 26690
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6895
Print ISSN: 0968-4875
© MCB UP Limited
1996
Training for Quality (1996) 4 (2): 14–18.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09684879610122205

Discusses training, development and quality cultures in organizations. Contends that deskilling the workforce in order to improve efficiency and productivity is at odds with creating a quality culture. Explains why a quality culture is important and how one may be achieved.

Keywords: Development, Employees, Corporate culture, Productivity, Quality, Training
© MCB UP Limited
1996
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