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Issues
How do customers perceive and evaluate service quality? What are managers perceptions about service quality? Do discrepancies exist between the perceptions of customers and those of managers? Can customers and managers perceptions be combined into a general model of service quality? How can service organizations improve customer service and achieve excellence?
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Bank
Customers transactions completed with precision? Bank comply with government regulations? Customers statements accurate?
Expected Service
Perceived Service
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Correspondence between SERVQUAL Dimensions and Original Ten Dimensions for Evaluating Service Quality
Original Ten Dimensions for Evaluating Service Quality TANGIBLES RELIABILITY RESPONSIVENESS COMPETENCE COURTESY CREDIBILITY SECURITY ACCESS COMMUNICATION UNDERSTANDING/ KNOWING THE CUSTOMER
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SERVQUAL Dimensions
RESPONSIVENESS
TANGIBLES
RELIABILITY
ASSURANCE
EMPATHY
TANGIBLES 11%
ASSURANCE 19%
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18 13
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Computer Manufacturer
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Retail Chain
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29 12 23 17
Auto Insurer
Reliability Responsiveness Assurance
28 12 23 18
Life Insurer
Empathy Tangibles
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-1.00
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Zone of Tolerance
Adequate Service
Minimum Level Customers Are Willing to Accept
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Customer
Gap 4
Customer Perceptions
Gap 1
Service Delivery
Gap 3
Communications to Customers
Company
Pricing: Yield Management Customer Communication Alternative Service Delivery Processes Complementary Products
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TWO-COLUMN FORMAT
Please think about the quality of service ________ offers compared to the two different levels of service defined below:
MINIMUM SERVICE LEVEL - the minimum level of service performance you consider adequate. DESIRED SERVICE LEVEL - the level of service performance you desire.
For each of the following statements, please indicate: (a) how ______s performance compares with your minimum service level by circling one of the numbers in the first column; and (b) how ______s performance compares with your desired service level by circling one of the numbers in the second column.
Compared to My Desired Service Level ____s Service Performance is: The Same No Opinion
When it comes to
Lower
The Same
No Higher Opinion
Lower
Higher
1. 2.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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THREE-COLUMN FORMAT
We would like your impressions about ________s service performance relative to your expectations. Please think about the two different levels of expectations defined below:
MINIMUM SERVICE LEVEL - the minimum level of service performance you consider adequate. DESIRED SERVICE LEVEL - the level of service performance you desire.
For each of the following statements, please indicate: (a) your minimum service level by circling one of the numbers in the first column; and (b) your desired service level by circling one of the numbers in the second column; and (c) your perception of ___________s service by circling one of the numbers in the third column.
When it comes to
Low
High
Low
High
Low
1. 2.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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8.6%
0.6%
Retail Chain
18.2%
1.8%
Auto Insurer
12.2%
1.6%
Life Insurer
9.9%
2.7%
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SERVQUAL Dimensions
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1. Providing services as promised 2. Dependability in handling customers' service problems 3. Performing services right the first time 4. Providing services at the promised time 5. Keeping customers informed about when services will be performed
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Assurance
9. Employees who instill confidence in customers 10. Making customers feel safe in their transactions 11. Employees who are consistently courteous 12. Employees who have the knowledge to answer customer questions
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e-SQ is the extent to which a Website facilitates efficient and effective shopping, purchasing and delivery of products and services.
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Reliability
DEFINITION Correct technical functioning of the site and the accuracy of service promises, billing and product information.
SAMPLE ATTRIBUTES Site does not crash Accurate billing Accuracy of order Accuracy of account information Having items in stock Truthful information Merchandise arrives on time
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Efficiency
DEFINITION
The site is simple to use, structured properly, and requires a minimum of information to be input by the customer.
SAMPLE ATTRIBUTES
Site is well organized Site is simple to use Site provides information in reasonable chunks Site allows me to click for more information if I need it
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Technology-Beliefs Continuum
Resistant to Technology
Neutral
Receptive to Technology
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Technology Readiness
Medium
Neutral
Receptive to Technology
Technology-Beliefs Continuum
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Mean TR Scores
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INN.
DIS.
INS.
TRI
US 1999
US 2000
US 2001
Austria 2001
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Greater than 50% Ownership/Usage of Technology-Based Products/Services (as of 1999) Explorers: Computers, cell phones, caller ID, ATMs, online services, telephone banking Pioneers: Computers, cell phones, caller ID, ATMs, online services Skeptics: Computers, ATMs Paranoids: ATMs Laggards: None
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