Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Shuttleworth, Andrew Jon
URN	etd-04012010-115107
Document Title	Assessing service quality in the South African advertising industry
Degree	MBA
Department	Gordon Institute of Business Science
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Mr R Machado Supervisor
Keywords	advertising
Date	2007-04-08
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Service excellence is recognised as a valuable company asset and an ideal way for service organisations to achieve competitive differentiation. For the most part, the fast paced and continuously changing business environment has forced many companies to reconsider service quality as a potent tool to enhance customer relationships, increase employee morale and productivity. However, due to the nature of services, attempts to achieve service quality require ongoing effort and commitment. The research objective was to examine service quality in the South African advertising industry, identify the quality dimensions that are most important to advertisers, rank the dimensions in order of importance and make recommendations thereof. From the literature review, four research questions were identified and answered, through a modified SERVQUAL questionnaire, which was sent via e-mail to 100 marketers in the top 100 companies in terms of media spend. The conclusion was that the advertising industry is not delivering the required service quality to advertisers in terms of their expectations as measured against the service quality dimensions. Advertising agencies should therefore devote more effort to improving service quality levels throughout the advertising industry in South Africa. © 2006 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria Please cite as follows: Shuttleworth, AJ 2006, Assessing service quality in the South African advertising industry, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04012010-115107/ > G10/270/ag
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