DocumentCode
1673875
Title
On The Cultural Conflict During The Course Of Service Delivery
Author
Jia, Shenghua ; Geng, Xianfeng
Author_Institution
Sch. of Manage., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou
Volume
2
fYear
2006
Firstpage
1341
Lastpage
1345
Abstract
Service brings company the competitive advantages, which has drawn the national and worldwide attention both in theory and in practice. The core problem is to improve the service quality. But it is difficult to measure service quality and manage the service. After the review of service management, the article finds cultural factor is important and determinant, which is neglected by most of the researchers. Service-Profit Chain has clearly exhibited the procedure of service delivery, which has helped us to develop an analytical framework. Through this framework, this article also discusses the importance of management of cultural conflict during the course of service delivery. After the analysis of inner and outer cultural conflict, the article tries to put emphasis on the strategy of cultural conflict management
Keywords
organisational aspects; service industries; cultural conflict management; cultural factor; service delivery; service management; service quality; service-profit chain; Banking; Credit cards; Cultural differences; Data security; Delay; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Quality management; Technological innovation; Testing; cultural conflict; service delivery; service management; service quality;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Service Systems and Service Management, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Troyes
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0450-9
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0451-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSSSM.2006.320703
Filename
4114685
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