This document discusses the five gaps in service quality as proposed by Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Berry. It describes each gap: 1) The customer gap between customer expectations and perceptions. 2) The knowledge gap between customer expectations and management perceptions. 3) The policy gap between management perceptions and service quality specifications. 4) The delivery gap between specifications and actual service delivery. 5) The communication gap between service delivery and external communications about the service.
This document discusses the five gaps in service quality as proposed by Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Berry. It describes each gap: 1) The customer gap between customer expectations and perceptions. 2) The knowledge gap between customer expectations and management perceptions. 3) The policy gap between management perceptions and service quality specifications. 4) The delivery gap between specifications and actual service delivery. 5) The communication gap between service delivery and external communications about the service.
This document discusses the five gaps in service quality as proposed by Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Berry. It describes each gap: 1) The customer gap between customer expectations and perceptions. 2) The knowledge gap between customer expectations and management perceptions. 3) The policy gap between management perceptions and service quality specifications. 4) The delivery gap between specifications and actual service delivery. 5) The communication gap between service delivery and external communications about the service.
This document discusses the five gaps in service quality as proposed by Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Berry. It describes each gap: 1) The customer gap between customer expectations and perceptions. 2) The knowledge gap between customer expectations and management perceptions. 3) The policy gap between management perceptions and service quality specifications. 4) The delivery gap between specifications and actual service delivery. 5) The communication gap between service delivery and external communications about the service.
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ASSIGNMENT ON
MARKETING OF SERVICES
NAME : PRACHI SINGH
ROLL: 102/3 SECTION B SERICE QUALITY GAP MODEL 1. The Customer Gap: The Gap between Customer Expectations and Customer Perceptions.The customer gap is the difference between customer expectations and customer perceptions. Customer expectation is what the customer expects according to available resources and is influenced by cultural background, family lifestyle, personality, demographics, advertising, experience with similar products and information available online. 2.The Knowledge Gap: The Gap between Consumer Expectation and Management Perception.The knowledge gap is the difference between the customer’s expectations of the service provided and the company’s provision of the service. In this case, managers are not aware or have not correctly interpreted the customer’s expectation in relation to the company’s services or products. 3.The Policy Gap: The Gap between Management Perception and Service Quality Specification.According to Kasper et al, this gap reflects management’s incorrect translation of the service policy into rules and guidelines for employees. Some companies experience difficulties translating consumer expectation into specific service quality delivery. This can include poor service design, failure to maintain and continually update their provision of good customer service or simply a lack of standardisation. This gap may see consumers seek a similar product with better service elsewhere. 4.The Delivery Gap: The Gap between Service Quality Specification and Service Delivery.This gap exposes the weakness in employee performance. Organisations with a Delivery Gap may specify the service required to support consumers but have subsequently failed to train their employees, put good processes and guidelines in action. As a result, employees are ill equipped to manage consumer’s needs. 5.The Communication Gap: The Gap between Service Delivery and External Communications