Contents BACKGROUND 2 Methods 3 Observations 3 Interviews 4 Data analysis 5 Results 5 Observational Results 5 Observed waiting time and service delivery time at different service stations 6 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents 6 OPD clinics: patient experiences at the entrance gate‚reception and medical records 6 OPD clinics: consultation waiting time 7 OPD clinics: complaints and recommendations 7 Interviews with patients at the laboratory 8 Patient satisfaction
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Sikhism is one of the most ancient religions of India and the believers of this religion are called Sikhs that means disciples. The founder of Sikhism was Guru Nanak. Sikhism stands for casteless society and preaches thahe Holy Book Of Sikhism is Guru Granth Sahib Guru Gobind Singh declared before his departure to the heavenly abode that this Holy Granth would be the spiritual guide for Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh made Khalsa (Sikh common wealth)‚ a full-fledged nation and taught them to perform
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Food Service Management Food service industry in action From the street vendors and caterers of ancient Rome to the modern food service industry‚ food service skills have traditionally been taught through apprenticeship. Many colleges offer food service management programs‚ but 66 percent of people currently working as servers and managers hold a high school diploma or less and were trained on the job. Sweeping changes in how food is shipped‚ stored and prepared mean that food service managers
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Services marketing-103038 Part A 1. Services marketing is marketing based on relationship and value. It may be used to market a service or a product. Marketing a service-base business is different from marketing a goods-base business. There are several major differences‚ including: 1. The buyer purchases are intangible 2. The service may be based on the reputation of a single person 3. It’s more difficult to compare the quality of similar services 4. The buyer cannot return the
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stands for Customer Relationship Management. It is a strategy used to learn more about customers ’ needs and behaviors in order to develop stronger relationships with them. It plays an important role in understanding customer’s needs by gathering the information about the customers that helps in marketing and selling the company’s products. With an effective Customer Relationship Management strategy‚ an organization can increase revenues by providing better services and selling products effectively
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Our business idea has been to develop a holistic health-service related smartphone application as we have identified the growing market potential of using mobile technology to digitalise healthcare services. The application we have designed‚ eMed‚ will provides two main functions: emergency call and notifications‚ and medication monitoring and reminder. The aim of eMed is to simplify and speed up access to health and emergency services in the event of an emergency‚ and also to facilitate patient
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Services represent approximately 80 percent of the U.S. GDP and a growing percentage of the GDPs of countries around the world. Companies‚ governments‚ and universities worldwide have recently awakened to the realization that services dominate global economies and economic growth.1 Yet‚ in practice‚ innovation in services is less disciplined and less creative than in the manufacturing and technology sectors.2 While Business Week’s 2007 top twenty-five most innovative companies list includes
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www.sciedu.ca/ijba International Journal of Business Administration Vol. 2‚ No. 1; February 2011 Comparative Analysis of Business Students’ Perceptions of Service Quality Offered in Kenyan Universities Sarah Wambui Kimani (Corresponding author) The Catholic University of Eastern Africa P. O. Box 62157‚ 00200‚ Nairobi‚ Kenya Tel: +254-716-642262 E-mail: swambui@cuea‚ swambuikimani@yahoo.com Elias Kiarie Kagira Department of Business Administration‚ Africa Nazarene University (Kenya) P.O
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International Journal of Service Industry Management Emerald Article: A comparison of service delivery processes of different complexity Peter J. Danaher‚ Jan Mattsson Article information: To cite this document: Peter J. Danaher‚ Jan Mattsson‚ (1998)‚"A comparison of service delivery processes of different complexity"‚ International Journal of Service Industry Management‚ Vol. 9 Iss: 1 pp. 48 - 63 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09564239810199941 Downloaded on: 02-02-2013
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Service Outsourcing Yong-Pin Zhou∗ and Z. Justin Ren† February 2‚ 2010 Abstract This article reviews the Operations Management (OM) research on service outsourcing‚ a common practice among today’s businesses. We focus on recent literature in three areas: capacity planning and supplier coordination‚ service outsourcing under information asymmetry‚ and quality concerns. Additionally‚ a mathematical framework is presented that can be used to analyze service outsourcing supply chains. We conclude with
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