many service quality issues faced by a local mass transport company‚ SMRT. The company has to still remain functional amidst mass criticism amongst the public due to inefficient communication networks‚ inefficient maintenance and various problems in the senior management. As a newly appointed senior manager‚ it is imperative that we work towards delivering a high quality service to our customers. There are many tools and quality improvement frameworks that we can use to improve existing service quality
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…………………………………………………………………………....………. 30. References ……………………………………………………………………..……………… 31. Appendix ………………….…………………………………………………………………… 32. I. Background to UPS United Parcel Service (UPS) is a package-distribution company which was established in Seattle‚ Washington‚ USA. UPS is a global leader in supply chain‚ logistics‚ and information services. The company operates in more than 200 countries and territories around the world‚ delivers over 15 million packages every day (Richard L. Daft‚ 2009). UPS started
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MANAGING SERVICE QUALITY IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY THROUGH MANAGING THE ‘MOMENT OF TRUTH’: A THEORETICAL APPROACH Deborah Christine Widjaja Lecturer‚ Hotel Management Program‚ Faculty of Economics‚ Petra Christian University Email: dwidjaja@peter.petra.ac.id Abstract: Hospitality industry is one of the service businesses that pays so much attention to service quality as it is the main intangible product that it produces. This short article examines how to manage service quality in hospitality industry
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How Organizations Attract a Quality Workforce And How they Motivate and Retain them. “In today’s workplace‚ almost limitless job opportunities and less employee loyalty has created an environment where a business needs its employees more than the employees need the business” (Smith‚ 2012). When one side of this equation becomes dependant on the other‚ they lose the upper advantage and it puts them in a very vulnerable spot. This is the last place an organization wants to put themselves
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Reasons for customer service problems include the following: 1. Not listening to or collecting information from customers. It is surely self-evident that listening to the customers is fundamental to providing a high level of customer care. Self-evident it may be‚ but surprisingly few organisations and individuals possess and use good listening skills. People are all so very different. We come from such a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures. We all have different ways of thinking and differing
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International Journal of Business and Manegement; Vol. 7‚ No. 14; 2012 ISSN 1833-3850 E-ISSN 1833-8119 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Service Quality Management in Hotel Industry: A Conceptual Framework for Food and Beverage Departments Ala`a Nimer AbuKhalifeh1 & Ahmad Puad Mat Som1 1 School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Penang‚ Malaysia Correspondence: Ala`a Nimer AbuKhalifeh‚ School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti
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TIMBERLAND Q : 1 : In what ways does Timberland fulfill its responsibility to consumers‚ employees‚ investors and society as a whole? A : 1 : Timberland’s mission has been to equip people to make their difference in the world. Let them be consumers ‚ employees ‚ investors or society as a whole. Timberland ‘s business is a model for both commerce and justice having a long history in this regard. While continuing to build its reputation as a brand that
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Mandatory Service Program There are many debates concerning advantages and disadvantages of mandating community service‚ however‚ the practice of compelling adolescents to take part in community service is increasingly common. People seek to understand the relationships between mandatory community service and volunteering. A key distinction between mandated community service and volunteering is the freely-chosen nature of the latter activity compared to the compulsory nature of the former
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Service Quality Dimension of SriLankan Airlines Service Marketing (MKT 3113) Individual Assignment Department of Marketing Management Faculty of Commerce & Management Eastern University‚ Sri Lanka B.Sarangan EU/IS/2007/MS/65 Index No: - MS 885 Contents Introduction to Services Marketing 02 Specific Characteristics of Services 02 7 Ps of Services Marketing 02 Service Quality 04 Dimensions of Service Quality 04 5 Dimensions of Service Quality 05 SriLankan
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Measuring Perceived Service Quality Using s e rv q ua l: A Case Study of the Croatian Hotel Industry ´ s u z ana m ar k ovi c Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management Opatija‚ Croatia s an j a r as p o r Polytechnic of Rijeka‚ Croatia The purpose of the study is to examine customers’ perceptions of service quality in the Croatian hotel industry. The aim is to assess the perceived service quality of hotel attributes and to determine the factor structure of service quality perception. A modified
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