emeraldinsight.com/0307-4358.htm MF 39‚2 116 Received 17 June 2012 Revised 3 October 2012‚ 16 October 2012 Accepted 1 November 2012 The impact of corporate governance on working capital management efficiency of American manufacturing firms Amarjit S. Gill The University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus)‚ Kelowna‚ Canada‚ and Nahum Biger School of Business‚ Academic Center Carmel‚ Haifa‚ Israel Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate governance
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______________________________________________ EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE Learner Guide COURSE INTRODUCTION Purpose of the programme The South African government is committed to continually improve the lives of the people of South Africa‚ through a transformed Public Service‚ which is representative‚ accountable‚ transparent‚ efficient‚ and responsive to the need of all. In light of this‚ the Public Service will be judged by one criterion‚ “its effectiveness in delivering services that needs of all South
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Culture Through a Customer Service Excellence Lens Sian Thomas. B.A. (Hons) Business and Management‚ Customer Service Excellence module‚ Level 6 Keywords: Customer Service Excellence‚ Culture‚ Understanding‚ Impact | Introduction The purpose of this research is to evaluate the importance of understanding culture in order to deliver customer service excellence from both an organisational perspective and the perspective of the customer. This paper will apply customer service excellence theory
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Kronment …Served eight and one half years in the US Army and was honorably discharged at the rank of SSG/E-6. During my service‚ I was stationed in Korea and was selected and trained as a Korean Linguist. I was responsible for leading teams of soldiers to secret high ground communications outposts and in charge of monitoring‚ interpreting‚ and reporting South Korean communications and intelligence activity. The work our team conducted was highly classified and was an essential component to intelligence
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Exceptional Customer Service - The NCB Way Welcome to the NCB Family VISION To make NCB‚ financially and operationally‚ the strongest and most dominant financial institution in the Caribbean and one that follows international best in class governance practices. CORE VALUES • We hold a deep and abiding respect for each customer‚ every colleague in our companies‚ and all our shareholders. • We commit to find new‚ practical‚ and innovative ways to make the term “excellent service” more relevant
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information from this case‚ describe the culture at the Ritz-Carlton. Why do you think this type of culture might be important to a luxury hotel? What might be the drawback of such a culture? We can describe the culture at the Ritz-Carlton by looking at their ‘Gold Standards’ as the foundation of customer service that put the guest like royalty. This new customer service philosophy implemented in mid-2006 that encompass values include‚ the credo‚ the motto‚ the 3 steps of service‚ service values‚ the
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Case study --- Week --- Customer services at Datatronics ----- Wilmington University IST 7100 IT Policy and Strategy ‚ 2015 Contents Introduction 3 Problems Identified 3 Recommendation 1. Budget allocation 4 2. Taking authority of customer services 5 3. Maintaining website 5 4. Feedback by customer 5 5. SWOT analysis 5 6. Team work 5 Conclusion 6 References 7 Introduction: Datatronics is a leading organization which serves their customers with Enterprise resource planning
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Delivering Customer Service It is clear that Starbucks has enjoyed great success since it was founded 30 years ago. The company has been doing very well for the last 11 years with 5% or more store sales increase even after the post-9/11 recession. The only issue Starbucks seems to be facing is meeting customers’ expectations. Customer service can be down because Starbucks may have lost the connection between satisfying their customers and growing their business. Customer service can also be declining
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Customer Service Page 34‚ #1‚3‚6‚7‚9‚10 Chapter 1 “The Customer Service Profession” Assignment #1 1. Service is usually the act of helping or doing for someone. Many acts of service include supplying things such as water‚ electricity‚ gas‚ etc. Service is a general work that could be used for many things as long as there is a provider. 3. Some factors that have facilitated the shift to a service economy were when businesses focused more on providing timely quality service. The focal
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Language and Composition 2 March 2012 Can Fast Food be Healthy? Fast food has become a huge part of American culture and can affect us in our daily lives. Fast food is consumed by millions of American each and every day‚ which makes it important to determine whether the food is actually healthy. Almost everyone in America has had fast food at one point in their life making the knowledge of whether fast food is healthy or not relevant to everyone. While fast food has been prevalent in America for
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