The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0265-671X.htm IJQRM 24‚6 Bank service quality: empirical evidence from Greek and Bulgarian retail customers Eugenia Petridou‚ Charalambos Spathis and Niki Glaveli Department of Economics‚ Division of Business Administration‚ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki‚ Thessaloniki‚ Greece‚ and 568 Received September 2005 Revised February 2006 Accepted May 2006 Chris Liassides City Liberal Studies
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DEFINITION OF QUALITY AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT: Defining quality from the get go can be somewhat difficult as many people have different views on what it means to them. Ranging from the individual’s view to the manufacturing-based perspective. From a workplace point of view‚ quality can be defined as a measure of standard or a condition of being free from imperfections‚ inadequacies and huge varieties. It is achieved by strict and predictable responsibility to specific measures that attain consistency
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Model of Service Quality 2 2-2 Variations of the Gaps Model Five Service Quality Gaps Variations of the Gaps Model Six Service Quality Gaps Variations of the Gaps Model 13 Service Quality Gaps (Gaps Model gone wild) Chapter Conceptual Framework of the Book: The Gaps Model of Service Quality The Customer Gap (Sometimes referred to as Gap 5) 2 The Provider Gaps: Gap 1 – The Listening Gap not knowing what customers expect Gap 2 – The Service Design and
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Characteristic of services Intangibility Unlike products services cannot be counted‚ measured‚ or felt. It is difficult to explain to the customer what a specific feature in the service will give to the customer. As services are intangible‚ the perceptions of customers regarding the service may differ at any given amount in time. Each customer will have a different perception and experience about the same service. But in a hotel the quality of service is not only dependent on the courteousness
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ensuring and enriching the quality of education being delivered. LSIS or the learning and skills improvement service are such a body who umbrella over every organisation that delivers qualifications throughout the country‚ and they do exactly what they say on the tin. LSIS improve quality‚ participation and increase standards in education and training. A lot of their work involves developing resources‚ implementing schemes‚ sharing delivery aids that improve quality and achievement and tailoring
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Simulation & Performance Evaluation of AODV Protocol with QoS (Quality of Service) Prof. N. A. Dawande Associate Professor Dr. D Y Patil College of Engineering Talegaon‚ Pune‚ India profdawande@yahoo.com Dr. P. M. Patil Principal & Professor RMD Sinhgad College of Engineering WarjeMalwadi‚ Pune-58 pmpatil@gmail.com Abstract: Ad hoc mobile networking is a current active research area. They can be used in agriculture for monitoring and control of environmental parameters in the form
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adequate service The level of service quality a customer is willing to accept. aftermarketing Marketing technique that emphasizes marketing after the initial sale has been made. after-sales surveys A type of satisfaction survey that addresses customer satisfaction while the service encounter is still fresh in the customer’s mind. ambient conditions The distinctive atmosphere of the service setting that
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complex conditions of modern business and increase in almost all aspects of services operation have compelled the management of every service industry to place emphasis on the efficient and effective method of presenting its service. The need for marketing in service industry cannot be overemphasized‚ the degree of marketing activities in a company depends on the size of the market. Traditionally‚ executives in service industries have not been market driven. They have lagged behind sellers of products
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Quality Management Quality Assurance and Control Table of Contents Introduction 2 Importance of Quality in Organisations 3 Customers 3 Continuous Improvement 4 Waste Reduction Culture 5 Quality Assurance & Quality Control 6 Quality Assurance 6 Quality Control 7 Differences between Assurance and Control 7 Quality Control & Assurance Control Mechanisms 8 Key Performance Indicators 8 Integrate Quality
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reputation for innovative high-quality products and its economic power. There‚ from 1950 onward‚ he taught top management how to improve design (and thus service)‚ product quality‚ testing‚ and sales (the last through global markets) through various methods‚ including the application of statistical methods. W Edwards Deming placed great importance and responsibility on management‚ at the individual and company level‚ believing management to be responsible for 94% of quality problems. He is regarded as
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