CUSTOMER SERVICE AT THE MARIGOLD HOTEL1 One bright summer morning in March 2010‚ owner and General Manager George Chacko was in his comfortable second-floor office suite at the Marigold Hotel in the Chanakyapuri area of New Delhi. He had been alerted to a brewing customer service problem‚ and wanted to resolve the issue before it got out of hand. Chacko belonged to a family of real estate developers and entrepreneurs. Over the turn of the century‚ he had noticed that New Delhi lacked sufficient high-quality
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INTRODUCTION The Customers Service workshop is designed to teach companies how to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction based on people skills vs. technical skills. Technically oriented persons too often become so focused on providing a technical solution that they overlook the human side of the equation. This is a very common trait among support personnel who come to their position from technical or non-service backgrounds. The course teaches companies how to treat the customer as an important
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[Your Name] [Street Address]‚ [City‚ ST ZIP Code] [phone] [e-mail] CUSTOMER SERVICE PROFESSIONAL Profile Synopsis of Achievements Employment More than 7 years’ successful experience in customer service and support with recognized strengths in account maintenance‚ problem solving and trouble-shooting‚ sales staff support‚ and planning/implementing proactive procedures and systems to avoid problems in the first place. Possess solid computer
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UPS in 2006 Customer Service and CRM Initiatives Case study Reference no 506-163-1 This case was written by Mridu Verma‚ under the direction of Kaushik Mukerjee‚ ICFAI Business School‚ Pune. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. The case was compiled from published sources. © 2006‚ ICFAI Business School‚ Pune. No part of this publication may be copied‚ stored‚ transmitted
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situations regarding customers of diverse backgrounds‚ no matter what their status or position may be. In establishing good customer service employees must have an awareness of the elements of cultural diversity as well to be accepting and understanding of the cultural diversity of all customers. This means; having an understanding of the expectations of differing racial groups (for example international visitors to Australia such as European expect fast efficient service) as well as their needs
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good pace and generating a lot of revenues‚ their customer satisfaction was not what they expected. Starbucks had their customers divided into three types: unsatisfied (42%)‚ satisfied (37%) and very satisfied (21%). It is hard to believe that the customer satisfaction would be low when they were obtaining great results worldwide. Such a high number of unsatisfied clients also meant a shift on the average type of customer for Starbucks. Their new average profile is a younger
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the company is not meeting customer expectations in terms of service. To increase customer satisfaction‚ the company is debating a plan that would increase the amount of labor in the stores and theoretically increase speed-of-service. However‚ the impact of the plan (which would cost $40 million annually) on the company’s bottom line is unclear. --------------------------- Starbucks prided itself in providing the highest quality product with excellent customer service and the brand strategy of
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Appendix 1. What can we do about lost sales due to poor customer service by outside “contract” sales staff? Get rid of contract sales staff altogether. When they do not show some customers already resort to placing their orders online so why not make that a standard and skip the middle person. Furthermore‚ it will save money from being put into the contract‚ and losing funds when contractors take money they feel they are owed off the top before turning the cash in. 2. How can we restore the attractiveness
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specialism. What strengths and limitations does each have? There are many learning and teaching strategies that could be used to ensure learning takes place within the area of customer service. Each technique has its own strengths and limitations that must be considered when applying them to context of customer service and its environment. Approaches that include activities such as role play where the learner may be expected to watch‚ listen‚ discuss‚ take notes‚ problem solve as well as partake
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Customer Service Unit 3 Communication in the customer service role Session 4 Understand how to meet the needs of a diverse range of customers © Creating Careers Limited‚ 2012. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 1 Communicating with people who have language/speech difficulties Try and ask short questions that only require short responses. Don’t raise your voice unless requested as most speech-impaired customers can hear and understand. If you don’t understand‚ ask the person to repeat what
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