Coursework of marketing
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Instruction for essay:
There are two task based on the scenario, I already marked my instruction under each task, please
read it carefully and follow all my instruction to finish my order.
Scenario:
Hotel which chose the application of quality concept as a key factor of success should experience
the growth in the satisfaction of customers (guests). That is, the hotel can successfully position
on the market to gain larger profit (Blesic, Dragin, Ivanovic and Panrelic, 2010).
The manager of Grand Hotel believed the above statements very much and thus used the customized
SERVQUAL scale to assess service quality perceptions from the perspective of domestic and
international guests. Data were collected in 22 hotels all over the world using a self-administered
questionnaire. The range of service quality perceptions items was from 1 (very low perceptions) to
7 (very high perceptions). The mean scores of guests’ perceptions ranged from 2.55 to 6.34. Extract
of the main results of the descriptive statistical analysis of guests’ perceptions in the Grand
Hotel are shown in the following table.
No.
Attributes
Mean
1.
Modern-looking equipment
6.34
2.
Visually appealing physical facilities
6.25
3.
Neat hotel staff
4.12
4.
Performing service in the promised time
3.25
5.
Visually appealing materials (pamphlets, web-sites)
6.32
6.
Interest in solving guests’ problems
3.12
7.
Service without delays
2.55
8.
Providing individual attention
3.12
9.
Understanding guests’ special needs
3.02
10.
Performing services right the first time
2.6
Respond to the following two tasks base on the given case information.
Task 1:
By using the RATER model (Zeithaml, Parasuraman and Berry, 1990), identify and explain which
dimension(s) the domestic and international guests generally considered “satisfied” or
“unsatisfied” when they used the Grand Hotel’s services.
1)Word count: 800 words
2)Find a reference paper on Hotel’s guests satisfaction to set up a satisfaction benchmark to
defined the mean score in the scenario, the paper should be satisfied the below requirements:
a) Using Likert scale (the range must be 1-7)
b) The paper topic MUST be Hotel’s guests satisfaction
c)Academic paper, which required peer review
Task 2:
By measuring the quality ratings for these five dimensions (RATER), the Grand Hotel might improve
area(s) that is/are lagging. Recommend short term and long term strategic solutions on specific
dimension(s) (RATER) to the hotel manager of Grand Hotel for addressing the customers’
dissatisfactions based on your analysis on the good practices of other hotels.
1) Word counts: 1000 words
2) Find a reference paper to defined Short term and long term strategic (Academic paper with peer
reviewed
3) As the Manager of Grand Hotel believed the SERVQUAL very much, therefore, if the mean score are
just above the satisfaction benchmark, the manager would also prefer to set up the corrective
action plan, so please give specific and details recommendation in-terms of RATER on how can
improving the Hotel services. Meanwhile, Grand Hotel is a worldwide Hotel Group, the strategy and
improvement actions should be consider with priority – which may focus to improve the popular
cities first.
Total word count at least: 1650
Total Reference at least: 15 (ALL THE REF. IN THE REPORT MUST BE IN HARVARD REF. STYLE)