Total Quality Management Tools: Are they Necessary for Improving Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction?

Achieving service quality and customer satisfaction is necessary to obtain profitability and competitive advantage in any industry.   Moreover, in any society, services are the core of economics, such as communications and transportation, and form the essential links among all sectors of the econom...

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Main Author: Tasneem F. Alfalah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2017-07-01
Series:International Review of Management and Marketing
Online Access:https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/4639
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description Achieving service quality and customer satisfaction is necessary to obtain profitability and competitive advantage in any industry.   Moreover, in any society, services are the core of economics, such as communications and transportation, and form the essential links among all sectors of the economy. However, the requests and needs of customers are continuously increasing, so that many social and technological improvements are needed, therefore it becomes apparent that the concept of service should be approached from a customer perspective. Many critical factors affect the development of TQM in service sector, one of these factors is TQM tools, and for service quality continues improvement.  This research carried out an empirical study in the Jordanians 5 stars hotels to prove the importance of TQM tools in order to improve service quality and customer satisfaction. Keywords: TQM Tools, Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Five Stars Hotels, Jordan. JEL Classifications: L1, L8, M1
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spelling doaj.art-e56dc79fc3ed4f89a4ca322d2e2a468e2023-02-15T16:11:48ZengEconJournalsInternational Review of Management and Marketing2146-44052017-07-0173Total Quality Management Tools: Are they Necessary for Improving Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction?Tasneem F. Alfalah0applied science private university Achieving service quality and customer satisfaction is necessary to obtain profitability and competitive advantage in any industry.   Moreover, in any society, services are the core of economics, such as communications and transportation, and form the essential links among all sectors of the economy. However, the requests and needs of customers are continuously increasing, so that many social and technological improvements are needed, therefore it becomes apparent that the concept of service should be approached from a customer perspective. Many critical factors affect the development of TQM in service sector, one of these factors is TQM tools, and for service quality continues improvement.  This research carried out an empirical study in the Jordanians 5 stars hotels to prove the importance of TQM tools in order to improve service quality and customer satisfaction. Keywords: TQM Tools, Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Five Stars Hotels, Jordan. JEL Classifications: L1, L8, M1 https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/4639
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