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Volume 3, Issue 2
1 February 1991
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Total Quality Management
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Review Article| February 01 1991

A question of quality

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1360-0613
Print ISSN: 0954-4127
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Total Quality Management (1991) 3 (2)
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb059519

Most people have heard of the major quality gurus, but how much do we really know about their individual philosophies? In this article, the authors challenge the readers to test their knowledge of the top five gurus' philosophies.

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