Optimal Strategies of Increasing Business Alignment, in Social Security Organization, with Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Approach

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Ramona Mohammadi ¹ , Mohammad Reza Motadel ²

1 - Department of Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-03-17 Accepted : 2020-05-18 Published : 2020-06-21

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