Number 1 ♦ 2010 SERVICE QUALITY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE Prabha Ramseook-Munhurrun‚ University of Technology‚ Mauritius Soolakshna D. Lukea-Bhiwajee‚ University of Technology‚ Mauritius Perunjodi Naidoo‚ University of Technology‚ Mauritius ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to obtain a better understanding of the extent to which service quality is delivered within the Mauritian public service by drawing on front-line employees (FLE) and customer perceptions of service quality. The paper
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fundamental to the public relations process? Give examples of different research techniques which may be applied to obtain a variety of information in public relations planning. Research is a fundamental part of the public relations process‚ and can be undertaken at any or all stages of the public relations process depending on the questions asked and the answers to be obtained (Johnston and Zawawi‚ 2004). It has been indicated by James Grunig in Macnamara’s Research in Public Relations: A review of
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pretty obvious that the ’legacy of horsemeat scandal hangs over [the] food industry’ (Gavin Megaw‚ 2014)‚ this time involving a string of supermarket chains in the UK. Although national environment secretary Owen Paterson has confirmed that the beef products which contain horsemeat ’pose no health risk’ (BBC‚ 2013)‚ there has been much controversy about the unethical behaviour of mixing horsemeat to prolong the shelf life of processed meat and mislabelling food (Judith Woods‚ 2013). Both past and contemporary
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customers to continually improve products and services. To continually improve their products and services Dell conducts research through: customer service online surveys brainstorming session in forum or groups using the telephone Dell posts online questionnaires to create customer responses to specific ideas as part of their market research. Ideastrom gives to the customer the ability to interact and suggest ideas to improve Dell’s products and services. Dell community member can
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DEFINING PUBLIC RELATIONS Lecturer: Cassie @ Chitara Ramasamy Session: 2014 Lesson Outline: Definition of public relations Process to influence public opinion The publics of public relations The functions of public relations Learning Objective of Topic 1: After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to Explain the meaning of public relation Explain the various process of public relation
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Promotion Promotion is all about offer free coupon‚ discount‚ voucher‚ and so on. It is a tool that can incentive the market sell in short term period. “Sell promotion is an incentives designed tool to stimulate the purchase or sale of a product‚ usually in the short term (Smashiq‚ 2008)”. So it is used to accelerate short-term sales and also building brand awareness and encouraging repeat buying. However there are some promotion strategies that KFC Company normally will uses included printable
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Ethics in the field of Public Relations Public Relations (PR) is a growing field today. Many people view the profession as unethical‚ because its goal is to influence public opinion. Just a few unethical people can tarnish an image of a whole field. One of the first people to use PR techniques was P. T. Barnum. For example‚ he created a birth certificate for a woman who was claiming to have been George Washington ’s personal nurse. This would have made the woman over 160 years old. People like P
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Public Relations and Marketing Both Public Relations and Marketing are very popular and useful majors in American universities. However‚ many people are not able to distinguish the differences between them because they have similar functions for a company. What is more‚ some companies set up a Marketing Department and ask the department to do the Public Relations tasks. According to what I learned from college‚ I would like to say that Public Relations is necessary for a successful company
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Week 1: Chapter 3- Role of the public relations practitioner Key roles for PR: Managerial Operational Reflective (role of analysing changing social values to adjust to organisations‚ standards and values of social responsibility and is aimed at influencing the dominant coalition). Educational (aims to increase communication competence of employees). • Systems theory works on a basis that everything in the social world is part of a system that interacts with other systems on that
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ASSESSMENT: BSBMKG413A – Promote Products and Services Assessment Activity 1. Consider this scenario. Eden Beauty the organisation you work for wants you to create an advertisement or plan a promotional activity for a new range of skin care products. They have stipulated the following requirements 1. The ad or promo activity should focus on the organisations reputation for providing luxury products made from all natural ingredients. 2. The advertisement should be pale pink and black 3. You should
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