Quality of the service is the degree of conformance of all the relevant features and characteristics of service to all the aspects of the consumers’ needs limited by the price and delivery s/he will accept. Quality can be viewed from two perspectives: Internal quality based on conformance to specifications External quality based on customer-perceived quality Gain competitive advantage‚ maintain loyalty Increase value (may permit higher margins) Improve profits Expected Service CUSTOMER
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Rethinking School Inspection in the Third World: The case of Kenya Zachariah Wanzare‚ O. Abstract Many countries throughout the world have developed some means of monitoring the quality and standards of their education systems. In most cases‚ the monitoring process involves supervision by inspection of educational institutions such as schools‚ and other aspects of the education systems. The critical role of inspection as one of the dominant strategies for monitoring and improving the performance
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History of the Gaps Model The gaps model of service quality was first developed by a group of authors at Texas A&M and North Carolina Universities‚ in 1985. Based on exploratory studies of service such as executive interviews and focus groups in four different service businesses‚ the authors proposed a conceptual model of service quality indicating that consumers’ perception toward a service quality depends on the gaps existing in organization – consumer environments. Theory of the Gaps Model Perceived
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The Gaps Model of Service Quality Chapter2-1 2 The Customer Gap – Gap 5 The Provider Gaps: Gap 1 – The Listening Gap not knowing what customers expect Gap 2 – The Design and Standards Gap not having the right service designs and standards Gap 3 – The Performance Gap not delivering to service standards Gap 4 – The Communication Gap not matching performance to promises Putting It All Together: Closing the Gaps McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2009
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Gaps model of Service Quality The success of 7-eleven The Gaps model of service quality was first developed by Parasuraman‚ Berry and Zeithaml in 1985 and more recently described in Zeithml and Bitner in 2003. The model identifies four spectfic gaps leading to a fifth overall gap between customers’ expectations and perceived service. Knowledge gap The first gap may occur when management identify the customer’s expectation inaccurately. When the customer expectation has difference with the management
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business is‚ even the future success of a business (Karl‚ 2009). For service marketing‚ which is the form of marketing focuses on processes deeds and performances‚ service quality is only way for customers to evaluate their experiences (Susamoo‚ 2012). Hence‚ the service quality is one of the most important factors that any service organisation should face. Service quality can be defined as ‘a customers ’ perception of how well a service meets or exceeds their expectations’ (Seth‚ Deshmukh & Vrat
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The Gap model of service quality was developed by Parasuraman‚ Berry and Zeithaml (1985)‚ and more recently described in Zeithaml and Bitner (2003). It has served as a framework for research in services marketing‚ including hospitality marketing‚ for over two decades. The model identifies four specific gaps leading to a fifth overall gap between customers’ expectations and perceived service. The five gaps Customers have expectations for service experiences and they use them to measure
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The GAP MODEL in SERVICES MARKETING GAP 1 The gap between the customer expected service and company perception of customer expectation. |Inadequate market research. |Design‚ conduct and implement appropriate market research. | |Poor communication between customers and management and between|Design and implement an upward communications programme. | |front line employees and managers. |
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Gaps Model of Service Quality The 4 gaps in the Gaps Model are knowledge gap‚ standards gap‚ delivery gap and communication gap. Knowledge gap is the difference between customers’ expectations and the retailer’s perception of these customer’s expectations. This occurs when a person do not know what the customers expect or want. By applying knowledge gap to H&M retail store‚ it refers to the salesperson not knowing what their customers expect/want. For example‚ a customer visiting the H&M
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| | Theory Of The Gaps Model In Service Marketing | | History of the Gaps Model The gaps model of service quality was first developed by a group of authors‚ Parasuraman‚ Zeithaml‚ Berry‚ at Texas A&M and North Carolina Universities‚ in 1985 (Parasuraman‚ Zeithaml & Berry). Based on exploratory studies of service such as executive interviews and focus groups in four different service businesses the authors proposed a conceptual model of service quality indicating that consumers’
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