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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organisation and the customer service role 1. Complete the table below with a description of the products and services for at least two commercial organisations‚ public organisations and third sector organisations. Please ensure you provide a description for each organisation‚ rather than a list.  2. Complete the table below by describing the differences in customer service between commercial‚ public and third sector organisations. You should outline customer service roles in each organisation
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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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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Starbucks is dominant coffee brand in North America‚ which also is well-known worldwide. Established in 1971 as coffee shop oriented to a niche of coffee purists‚ in late 1980’s it turned to be a constantly growing chain of stores that sold whole-beans and premium-priced coffee to mostly affluent‚ well-educated customers. In years 1992-2002 company was showing at least 5% annual growth. And by 2002 Starbucks was serving already 20M customers in 5886 stores (both
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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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Slide 1 Welcome to your second customer service lecture. This week we’ll discuss listening‚ an often simplified concept. Many people think listening is easy—as long as you hear something you’re listening to it‚ but in truth‚ listening effectively is a demanding task. To listen effectively‚ you must apply skill and determination. Luckily‚ as with any skill‚ effective listening can be learned. We’ll begin this lecture by going over the difference between hearing and truly listening. Slide
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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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