------------------------------------------------- SERVICE QUALITY GAP IN RESTAURANTS IN VARANASI Under the Guidance of Dr. Ashutosh Mohan By:- Prachi Prabha Chauhan(31) Jitendra Singh(19) MBA-IB (2010-2012) INTRODUCTION The restaurant industry is a demanding sector that stresses the provision of high-level customer service and continuous quality improvement. As lifestyles change and dining out becomes more and more commonplace‚ customers desire new flavors‚ comfortable ambience and pleasant
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Customer Service Processes at Orbitz A Review of the Literature Lin Ze Total Quality BA4010 Professor Edward Ruppel October 3‚ 2012 Customer Service Processes at Orbitz A Review of the Literature Orbitz‚ which is headquartered in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ officially began doing business online in June 2001‚ and had originally been created in 1999 by five major airline companies-American‚ Continental‚ Delta‚ Northwest and Untied. What’s more‚ Orbitz is one of many Internet travel
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Journal of Quality and Technology Management Volume VII‚ Issue I‚ June‚ 2011‚ Page 1 ‐ 22 COMPARISON OF SERVICE QUALITY BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOSPITALS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES FROM PAKISTAN S. M. Irfan1‚ A. Ijaz2 1COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Lahore – Pakistan 2Institute of Quality and Technology Management‚ University of Punjab‚ Lahore – Pakistan ABSTRACT Healthcare sector of a country needs special attentions from the government as quality of healthcare provides
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Emotional Dissonance and Customer Service: An Exploratory Study Craig C. Julian ABSTRACT. In this paper‚ the broad context for the study of emotional dissonance and its importance to marketing is set out. The relevant literature on emotional dissonance‚ its antecedents and outcomes are introduced together with the knowledge gap in the literature. The conceptual framework of emotional dissonance is expanded via exploratory research using case studies in order to identify the key issues and the
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A service encounter is simply defined as a customer’s actual interaction with a service company. Shostack (1985) defined service encounter as the period of time that a customer interacts with a service. Merritt (1977:198)‚ a linguistic scholar‚ views a service encounter as an instance of face to face interaction between a server who is ‘officially posted’ in some service area‚ that interaction being oriented to the satisfaction of the customer’s presumed desire for some service and the server’s obligation
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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INFLUENCES ON RETAIL SERVICE QUALITY: A FOCUS ON KUWAIT AND LEBANO Abstract: The Middle East is a growing and lucrative marketplace. This exploratory study examines retail service in Kuwait and Lebanon‚ regions with long histories of trade. Retail service‚ however‚ has not been well documented in this region. To our knowledge‚ this is the first study that examines customer and salespeople perceptions of service encounters in these countries‚ in light of their culture
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of Business Administration-MBA Semester 4 MK0006 – Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Management - 2 Credits (Book ID: xxxxxxx) Assignment Set- 1 (30 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions. Q.1 a. What do you mean by physical evidence in services? Give examples. (5 marks) b. Write a note on service development. (5 marks) Q.2 a. Briefly explain the terms “customer expectation” and “customer perception”. (6 marks) b. What are the different bases for segmentation
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Conduct a critique of the following service management ideas‚ theories and techniques‚ specifically with reference to purpose‚ application and limitations and with regard to how these service management ideas‚ theories and techniques might contribute to the development of a business. Customer segmentation Study the market‚ its structure‚ identify attitudes and behaviours of consumers‚ this is the first step of marketing. Among the range of behaviours and
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Satisfied And Highly Satisfied Customers The story of Starbucks transformation from a small independent coffee shop tucked away in a corner of Seattle’s Pike Place Market to a cultural phenomenon spanning the globe is legendary. A number of factors have been attributed to the success - one being a keen understanding of its patrons. There are multiple methods used to obtain customer information and the value derived therein. Customer lifetime value is one. Customers are assets‚ and their values
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Starbucks is dominant coffee brand in North America‚ which also is well-known worldwide. Established in 1971 as coffee shop oriented to a niche of coffee purists‚ in late 1980’s it turned to be a constantly growing chain of stores that sold whole-beans and premium-priced coffee to mostly affluent‚ well-educated customers. In years 1992-2002 company was showing at least 5% annual growth. And by 2002 Starbucks was serving already 20M customers in 5886 stores (both
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