Case #4: Bridging the Gap As customers once knew‚ The Gap was a popular fashion apparel store that attracted many people to it. However‚ this is no longer the case in the present day. So what happened? According to the case‚ competitors are gaining market share with cheaper and fresher fashion designs. One of the problems Gap (including other retailers) is the rising costs of raw materials. Gap said this would force them to raise their prices on items by 20 percent‚ but the customers
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SERVICE QUALITY PERCEPTIONS IN FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS IN PAKISTAN Abstract People spend regularly on food items throughout the world and they prefer different tastes as in their cultures‚ the people of south Asia usually love spicy foods but many fast food and Chinese restaurants have also developed their business in the region providing high quality foods and developing their brands in the region. There are many fast food restaurants in Pakistan facilitating their customers with variety of
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INTRODUCTION Total Quality Management (“TQM”) is a management philosophy was originally developed by American statistician‚ W. Edwards Deming after World War II and its principle are then put forward by various researchers such as Deming (1986)‚ Juran (1999)‚ Crosby (1979) and Imai (1986). Such principles comprise the Deming triangle‚ Juran Trilogy‚ concept of zero defect and Kaizen approach etc. Total refers to every process‚ every activity and every people of the organization whereas Quality is to satisfy
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University Jurja Dobrile in Pula CONCEPTS OF SERVICE QUALITY MEASUREMENT IN HOTEL INDUSTRY UDK / UDC: 640.41(658.562) JEL klasifikacija / JEL classification: L83 Stručni rad / Professional paper Primljeno / Received: 31. svibnja 2007. / May 31‚ 2007 Prihvaćeno za tisak / Accepted for publishing: 03. srpnja 2007. / July 03‚ 2007 Summary The quality of service in hotel industry is an important factor of successful business. The existing trend of complete quality management in hotel industry ensures the
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THE IMPACT OF TEAM WORK ON CUSTOMER SERVICE QUALITY A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTRE‚ UGANDA DRONYI SILVER WANI 08/U/6906/PLE/PE A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS OF KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY APRIL 2012 CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This chapter includes the background of the study‚ statement of the problem‚ purpose
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Evaluation of Service Quality in Internet Banking 1. Introduction: 1.1 Background 1.1.1 Banks have conventionally been in the vanguard of harnessing technology to develop their products‚ services and competence. They have‚ over a long time‚ been using electronic and telecommunication networks for delivering a extensive variety of value added products and services. The delivery channels include direct dial – up connections‚ private networks‚ public networks etc and the devices include telephone
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The main goal of human service workers is to enhance a person’s well being. It gives a person great satisfaction to know that they accomplished their goal by successfully helping another. The feeling is so great that most human service workers work in that field more for the ability to help others then for the money. However‚ aside from this goal‚ some of human service workers’ personal qualities can make a big difference in their practice. Obtaining empathy and being able to separate it from
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Information Technology and quality customer service: How is this achieved at the County of San Bernardino? In times past quality service was not important to managers and staff that worked for the County of San Bernardino. However due to the proliferation of corruption and mismanagement taxpayers are demanding more for their dollar. It is a known fact that when local government is run efficiently more people can be put to work. The money saved from this can in turn be used to benefit the local
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telephony field‚ quality of service is a service that covers all aspects of necessity in the use of telecommunication service. The necessities include service response time‚ loss‚ signal-to-noise ratio‚ echo‚ interrupts‚ frequency response‚ loudness level‚ and so on [1]. In the computer networking field‚ QoS is defined as the ability of the network to provide a service at an assured service level [2]. In Internet‚ QoS is a technology that acts as additional support to the best-effort service in handling
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analyse our team performance for discussion of the service delivery process of the Starbucks coffee shop. Secondly‚ this easy will evaluate some important fators about service performance and service quality of the Starbucks. 2.0 Discussion I am a member of group fighters. Our group has chose Starbucks coffee to evaluate the process and manner of its service delivery. We went to the Starbucks coffee shop where
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