Thesis Customer Satisfaction

CHAPTER II Review of Related Literature This chapter presents the literature colligate to this subscribe. This will be passed with the assessment of related literature to show the relevance of the literature to the study. RELATED literary harvest-festivalions node joy is the most fundamental requirement for being in business. Therefore, every judicature should excogitation the right strategies for dealing with guests, communicating with them, providing pleasant run and retaining them forever with specially chosen client liaison employees, all leading to their delight.Since most of the quality problems arise due to misunderstood requirements, it is essential to take locomote to correctly understand, both the stated and implied requirements of the clients. The system should not only fulfill the contracted requirements, barely as well as make it ap tip to provide unanticipated spargon services to delight the customers and retaining them forever. The most all important( predicate) point is that organizations should provide COMFORT to the customers while serving them. Thus, the business should be oriented towards satisfying customers. (Subburaj Ramasamy TQM-Intl interlingual rendition 2012)Customer satisfaction is the state of mind that customers have astir(predicate) a company when their expectations have been met or exceeded everyplace the lifetime of the product or service. The achievement of customer satisfaction leads to company loyalty and product repurchase. Customer satisfaction measurement must be undertaken with an understanding of the gap between customer expectations and attribute death penalty perceptions. Clearly defining and understanding customer satisfaction tush help any company invest opportunities for product and service innovation and serve as the basis for performance appraisal and reward systems. Kevin Cacioppo step and Managing Customer Satisfaction) Customer satisfaction has been a popular bindingic in marketing prac tice and schoolman research since Cardozos (1965) initial study of customer effort, expectations and satisfaction. Despite many attempts to measure and explain customer satisfaction, at that place still does not appear to be a consensus regarding its definition (Giese and Cote, 2000). Customer satisfaction is typically define as a post consumption evaluative judgement concerning a specific product or service (Gundersen, Heide and Olsson, 1996).It is the result of an evaluative process that contrasts prepurchase expectations with perceptions of performance during and after the consumption experience (Oliver, 1980). The most astray accepted conceptualization of the customer satisfaction concept is the expectancy disconfirmation theory (Barsky, 1992 Oh and Parks, 1997 McQuitty, Finn and Wiley, 2000). The theory was developed by Oliver (1980), who proposed that satisfaction level is a result of the difference between expected and perceived performance. Satisfaction (positive disconf irmation) occurs when product or service is better than expected.On the other hand, a performance worse than expected results with dissatisfaction (negative disconfirmation). Studies show that customer satisfaction may have direct and indirect impact on business results. Anderson et al. (1994), Yeung et al. (2002), and Luo and Homburg (2007) gauge that customer satisfaction positively affects business profitability. The majority of studies have investigated the relationship with customer behaviour patterns (Soderlund, 1998 Kandampully and Suhartanto, 2000 Dimitriades, 2006 Olorunniwo et al. 2006 chi and Qu, 2008 Faullant et al. , 2008). According to these findings, customer satisfaction increases customer loyalty, influences repurchase intentions and leads to positive word-of-mouth. Given the vital role of customer satisfaction, it is not surprising that a variety of research has been devoted to investigating the determinants of satisfaction (Churchill and Surprenant, 1982 Oliver , 1980 Barsky, 1995 Zeithaml and Bitner, 2003). Satisfaction can be determined by subjective (e. g. customer needs, emotions) and objective factors (e. . product and service features). Applying to the hospitality industry, thither have been numerous studies that examine attributes that travellers may find important regarding customer satisfaction. Atkinson (1988) found out that cleanliness, security, rate for money and courtesy of staff determine customer satisfaction. Knutson (1988) noticeed that room cleanliness and comfort, convenience of location, prompt service, safety and security, and affection of employees argon important. Barsky and Labagh (1992) stated that employee attitude, location nd rooms are likely to influence travellers satisfaction. A study conducted by Akan (1995) showed that the main determinants of hotel guest satisfaction are the behaviour of employees, cleanliness and timeliness. Choi and Chu (2001) concluded that staff quality, room qualities and honor are the top 3 hotel factors that determine travellers satisfaction. Providing services those customers prefer is a starting point for providing customer satisfaction. A relatively easy way to determine what services customer prefers is simply to ask them.According to gigabit and Horsnell (1998), and Su (2004), guest comment cards (GCCs) are most commonly using upd for determining hotel guest satisfaction. GCCs are usually distributed in hotel rooms, at the reception desk or in some other visible place. However, studies reveal that numerous hotel chains use guest satisfaction evaluating methods based on inadequate practices to make important and complex managerial decisions (Barsky, 1992 Barsky and Huxley, 1992 Jones and Ioannou, 1993, gibibyte and Horsnell, 1998 Su, 2004).The most commonly made faults can be divided into three main areas, namely, quality of the render, design of the GCCs, and data collection and analysis (Gilbert and Horsnell, 1998). In order to improve the har diness of hotel guest satisfaction measurement practice, Barsky and Huxley (1992) proposed a new sampling procedure that is a quality sample. It reduces nonresponse bias by offering incentives for completing the questionnaires. The components of their questionnaire are based on disconfirmation paradigm and expectancy-value theory.In this manner, guests can taper whether service was above or below their expectations and whether they considered a particular service important or not. Furtherto a greater extent, Gilbert and Horsnell (1998) developed a list of criteria for GCC content analysis, which is adopted in this study as well. Schall (2003) discusses the issues of question clarity, scaling, validity, go off timing, question order and sample size. Customers requirements for satisfaction are difficult to comprehend. They have different preference when it comes to availing services from providers.Same with hospitality industry for establishments like Bayleaf hotel of Intramuros th eres a dowry of effort to make, creative view and strategy to stay in the rival. To be the only hotel in Intramuros, a great expectation among visitors is ever so present. Unless an organization evolves specific methods for measuring customer satisfaction and quantify the results, it may be difficult to phrase whether the customers are satisfied or not whether customer satisfaction is improving or not it similarly vey essentials to measure customer satisfaction so as to stay ahead of competition.Each business unit has to conduct its business in such a way that it is adequate to(p) to achieve more customer satisfaction than its competitors at all times. Therefore, to face and win the competition, every organization should continue to improve their products and services and shit higher levels of customer satisfaction. Regarding on customer satisfaction, the following statement could indicate that the establishment has a lot of services to offer. Statement of the experience cu stomers will prove that Bayleaf Hotel can stand in a competition as a boutique hotel yet can provide 5-star experience to its valued customers.According to Dr. Deo Baraan the owner of the website (thegrandeurtraveler. com) If you are looking for a new hotel that will show you Manilas rich history, lost magic and inimitable views, nix would be more perfect than the Bayleaf Hotel. In addition to what he says, Everyone can now have a taste of an upscale accommodation in the heart of Manilas historic district. When it comes to money issues, Vic Nair of Kuala Lumpur (tripadvisory. com) stated Bayleaf is a great hotel with value for money.Excellent service from their young staff members. Another statement that we got from redheelsinthecity (tripadvisory. com) Manila, in general, is a busy, contaminated and messy city. Finding a place like this is close to impossible. 9 spoons restaurant has the best intellectual nourishment and ambiance. However what I love about the place is the Sky Deck View Bar. Especially on a cold night, having a beer absolutely scratches your stress away. Not to mention you get even more amazed by the view around, very conducive for unwinding.The place can immensely cater a good service especially for occasions. Most of all, it stands in the heart of the old city called Intramuros, which I think is the best location in manila. Service of the staff and management is impeccably wonderful and impressive. It is certainly not easy, at least to start with, to compute indices for customer satisfaction. It requires innovative people, a determined management and additional efforts by the organization for this purpose. This will pay for more than itself in the ultimate analysis.Therefore, the chief executive of the organization should be committed and persuasive in measuring customer satisfaction in the interest of the organization and provide resources for this task. A feedback or a direction criticizing the organization should be taken as a bles sing in disguise and in the right spirit. If there is no direct feedback or complaint, then(prenominal) the organization should look for other ways for finding out the same, since feedback is one of the most important triggers for improvement.If complaints are made, the organization should seriously make efforts to see that the complaints are result to the satisfaction of the customers. (Subburaj Ramasamy 2012) According to Ms. Glenda G. one of the experienced customer of the Bayleaf Hotel We booked paid the rooms 6 months ago requested a queen beds but we got 2 twin separate beds, its also a terrible service at the roof top restaurant theyre so slow in accommodating. We even said give us a lap up cloth will clean the tables Another experienced customer (tripadvisory. om) WWWorkes of Vilnius state that All in all, this is a clean, comfortable hotel in a great location but dont expect to be able to spend any amount of time relaxing in it it has little to offer and generally doe snt view its potential VIP on Bangkok also commented on the website regarding in his experience on the hotel I like its surrounding and location, but ventilation need improvement to get rid of damp liveliness in the room. Towels smell too strong chemical Every complaint should lead to determine efforts by the organization to make improvements so as the result in non-reoccurrence of such complaints in the future.In short, the service provider should have a system to solicit feedbacks and complaints, deal with them dispassionately, make up the defects immediately, compensate where not possible to rectify and crush such mistakes to find out measures for their non- reoccurrence and implement the measures strictly. The above is also known as complaint recovery process. Every organization should have a well-defined process and procedure for getting feedback and receiving complaints from the customers and use every complaint as an instrument for improvements. SYNTHESISChapter 2 is abo ut the review of related literature it is about the purpose of the review to analyze critically a segment of a published book of cognition through summary, classification and comparison of prior research studies, reviews of literature, and theoretical articles. We have the foreign and local literature. In foreign literature we based on the research book. What we had is the article of Subburaj Ramasamy, Kevin Cacioppo, Cardozos (1965), Giese and Cote, (2000), Gundersen, Heide and Olsson, (1996), Oliver, (1980), Anderson et al. (1994), Yeung et al. 2002), and Luo and Homburg (2007), Barsky, 1992 Oh and Parks, 1997 McQuitty, Finn and Wiley, 2000, Soderlund, 1998 Kandampully and Suhartanto, 2000 Dimitriades, 2006 Olorunniwo et al. , 2006 Chi and Qu, 2008 Faullant et al. , 2008, Churchill and Surprenant, 1982 Oliver, 1980 Barsky, 1995 Zeithaml and Bitner, 2003), Atkinson (1988), Knutson (1988), Barsky and Labagh (1992), Akan (1995), Choi and Chu (2001),Gilbert and Horsnell (1998), and Su (2004), and those books associates some knowledge and ideas regarding customer satisfaction and hospitality industry.For instance we also got statements from foreign customers who had an experience in staying at Bayleaf Hotel namely Redheelsinthecity, WWWorkers, and VIP on Bangkok. For local literature we have Ms. Glenda G. and Dr. Deo Baraan, who experienced Bayleaf Hotel as well. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to analyze critically a segment of a published body of knowledge through these articles. INPUT Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros as the focus of the study and as a new hotel caters to satisfy tourists within and outside Intramuros.CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK do * Surveying through questionaires * Interview OUTPUT Determine the level of customer satisfaction in Bayleaf Hotel and fight of the establishment. The conceptual framework above shows that the input in Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros as the focus of the study and as a new hotel caters to satisfy tourists within and outside I ntramuros. The process of the study is done by giving look through questionnaire and conducting interview to determine the level of customer satisfaction and competitiveness of Bayleaf Hotel.