Service quality in the betting industry
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Betting in Mauritius is mostly focused on Horse Racing and Football Matches. Betting is considered to be a monetary activity where people bet for money to gain more if they win or lose the entire amount they bet if they lose. Though betting existed since 1812 in the form of horse racing, it is just recently that the industry started to reach its maturity.
The betting industry started to develop with the introduction of various kind of betting such as the National Lottery and the development of existing one such as betting on international football matches. With the introduction of different organisation in the industry, such as Steven Hills and XYZ LTD, competition has risen and companies must look at delivering the service with the best quality in order to attract the most customers and have a competitive advantage over their rivals.
The focus of this thesis will be only on horse racing and XYZ LTD as the company also offer to the public the possibility to bet on international football matches as well. It analyses the customer satisfaction on the different aspect of the service offered by XYZ LTD and also the expectation of the customers about the service before and their perception after experiencing the service of the company.
The research of service quality was done on the Mauritian Betting System as no studies were carried out before on the betting industry. XYZ LTD was chosen to represent the industry in order to be able to analyse the extent to which service quality exists in its service offered. This will thus give an overview of the level of quality service offered by the Mauritian Betting System
1.1 RATIONAL OF THE STUDY
The global business atmosphere is constantly changing and the demands for adaptability for organisations tend to be higher. Demands from customers, technological advancement, change of value and globalisation are factors that drive the need to change and develop organisations (Bruzelius & Skarvad, 2004).
In this
Betting in Mauritius is mostly focused on Horse Racing and Football Matches. Betting is considered to be a monetary activity where people bet for money to gain more if they win or lose the entire amount they bet if they lose. Though betting existed since 1812 in the form of horse racing, it is just recently that the industry started to reach its maturity.
The betting industry started to develop with the introduction of various kind of betting such as the National Lottery and the development of existing one such as betting on international football matches. With the introduction of different organisation in the industry, such as Steven Hills and XYZ LTD, competition has risen and companies must look at delivering the service with the best quality in order to attract the most customers and have a competitive advantage over their rivals.
The focus of this thesis will be only on horse racing and XYZ LTD as the company also offer to the public the possibility to bet on international football matches as well. It analyses the customer satisfaction on the different aspect of the service offered by XYZ LTD and also the expectation of the customers about the service before and their perception after experiencing the service of the company.
The research of service quality was done on the Mauritian Betting System as no studies were carried out before on the betting industry. XYZ LTD was chosen to represent the industry in order to be able to analyse the extent to which service quality exists in its service offered. This will thus give an overview of the level of quality service offered by the Mauritian Betting System
1.1 RATIONAL OF THE STUDY
The global business atmosphere is constantly changing and the demands for adaptability for organisations tend to be higher. Demands from customers, technological advancement, change of value and globalisation are factors that drive the need to change and develop organisations (Bruzelius & Skarvad, 2004).
In this
References: Tangibles PZB (1991) found that the service quality dimension ‘tangibles’ can be split into two sub- dimensions, the first one putting emphasis on the equipment and facilities and the other one on personnel and communication materials Reliability Reliability refers to the potential of performing the promised service accurately and dependably, that is delivery of service should be consistent and error-free (Parasuramen et al, 1985) Responsiveness Responsiveness is defined as “the willingness to help customers and provide prompt service” (Yong, 2000, pp1017) 2.6 Measuring Service Quality The SERVQUAL technique can be used by companies to better understand the expectations and perceptions of their customers (Parasuraman et al., 1988, pp12-37) 2.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE SERVQUAL MODEL The development of the SERVQUAL scale was founded in service marketing theory which at that time did not provide sound conceptual foundations for investigating service quality (Parasuraman et al., 1985) 2.8 Customer satisfaction Achieving customer satisfaction is the primary goal for most service firms today (Jones and Sasser, 1995)