A Report About Service Failure and Methods of Recovery

Terms Of Reference

This report has been commissioned by the group operations director to enable primary decisions to be made regarding future management policy/change in the area of service failure/recovery.

The justification for this report is:

There is a current trend in service failure, resulting in possible unnecessary customer dissatisfaction.
Customers are becoming increasingly aware of their rights and demand increasingly better quality service.
Service recovery techniques have been employed to great effect by other companies and it would be foolhardy to not investigate if these could be utilised by this company.

Contents

Terms Of Reference 1

Contents Page 2

Abstract/Executive Summary 3

Introduction -

1.0 Introduction To Customer Satisfaction 4

3.0 Customer Expectations 4

2.1 100% Defect Free Service? 5

2.2 W.Edwards Deming 5

1. Introduction To Service Failure 5

1.1. The Three Types Of Service

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