Quality Managers’ Estimates of Quality Management Principles Application in Certified Organisations in Transitional Conditions – Is Serbia Close to TQM?

RADLOVAČKI, Vladan ;BEKER, Ivan ;MAJSTOROVIĆ, Vidosav ;PEČUJLIJA, Mladen ;STANIVUKOVIĆ, Dragutin ;KAMBEROVIĆ, Bato .
Quality Managers’ Estimates of Quality Management Principles Application in Certified Organisations in Transitional Conditions – Is Serbia Close to TQM?. 
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 57, n.11, p. 851-861, june 2018. 
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/article/quality-managers-estimates-of-quality-management-principles-application-in-certified-organisations-in-transitional-conditions-is-serbia-close-to-tqm/>. Date accessed: 27 jan. 2026. 
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2010.204.

Radlovački, V., Beker, I., Majstorović, V., Pečujlija, M., Stanivuković, D., & Kamberović, B.
(2011).
Quality Managers’ Estimates of Quality Management Principles Application in Certified Organisations in Transitional Conditions – Is Serbia Close to TQM?.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 57(11), 851-861.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2010.204

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2011 June 57. Quality Managers’ Estimates of Quality Management Principles Application in Certified Organisations in Transitional Conditions – Is Serbia Close to TQM?. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering. [Online] 57:11

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Radlovački, Vladan, Ivan  Beker, Vidosav  Majstorović, Mladen  Pečujlija, Dragutin  Stanivuković, & Bato  Kamberović.
"Quality Managers’ Estimates of Quality Management Principles Application in Certified Organisations in Transitional Conditions – Is Serbia Close to TQM?." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 57.11 (2011): 851-861. Web.  27 Jan. 2026

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Radlovački, Vladan, Beker, Ivan, Majstorović, Vidosav, Pečujlija, Mladen, Stanivuković, Dragutin, AND Kamberović, Bato.
"Quality Managers’ Estimates of Quality Management Principles Application in Certified Organisations in Transitional Conditions – Is Serbia Close to TQM?" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 57 Number 11 (29 June 2018)