The Principles of Customer Service Flashcards

1
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What are the two types of customers?

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Internal and Extrenal customers

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2
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Why are customer’s services so important?

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To make profit and to increase sales

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3
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What does customer service usually involved?

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Customer service involved:
•	Providing info
•	Giving advice 
•	Receiving and passing on messages
•	Keeping records
•	Providing assistance
•	Dealing with problems
•	Offering extra services
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4
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Who are the internal customers?

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Internal customers are members of staff within an organization or an organization supplier who contributes towards the service provided to external customers.

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5
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Who are the external customers?

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External customers are an organisation’s visitors or users

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6
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what are the benefits of good customer service?

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Benefits of good customer service:
•	Satisfied customers
•	Repeat business/customer loyalty
•	Better reputation/public image
•	Competitive edge
•	Happier and more efficient employees
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7
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What are the consequences of poor customer service?

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Consequences of poor customer service?
•	dissatisfied customers 
•	Loss of income to the organisation
•	High staff turnover
•	Poor public image
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8
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Customer service refers to _____ r______ of an o______ ________ with its various clients.

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Customer service refers to any repeat of an organisation dealing with its various clients.

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9
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What is ‘Moment of Truth’?

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Moment of Truth refers to every time a customer interacts with a Travel and Tourism organisation and experiences any of its operational procedures.

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10
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Give 4 customer wants and expectations

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Customers wants and expectations:
• Reliability – the ability to perform the promised service dependably and accurately.
• Responsiveness – the willingness to help customers and provide prompt service.
• Assurance – the knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to convey trust and confidence in dealing request.
• Empathy – the caring individualised attention provided to the customer.

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11
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Attitude of staff has a d____ impact on q_____ of s_____.

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Attitude of a staff has a direct impact on quality of service

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12
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C______ s______ is affected by c____ e_____ about the service they will receive.

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Customer satisfaction is affected by customer expectations about the service they will received.

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13
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Customer service procedures are the r____ and d____ s_____ an organisation uses to delivers its customer service.

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Customer service procedures are the routines and detailed steps an organisation uses to deliver its customer service.

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14
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What are the types of external customers:

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Types of external customers:
•	Individuals
•	Language differences
•	People with specific needs (e.g: wheelchair users, pregnant women)
•	People from different cultures
•	Business customers
•	Groups
•	People of different ages
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15
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Give 3 needs from Business Customers and people with specific needs.

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Business customers’ needs:
• 24hours availability of accommodation and food
• Facilities which allow them to continue working
• Airport lounges

People with specific needs:
• Pregnant woman; Help with carrying luggage
• People with children; Priority check-in, storage of bulky items
• Disabilities: wheelchair users- friendly ramps and toilets

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16
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Give 3 types of internal customers?

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  • Colleagues
  • Management and supervisors
  • Staff teams
  • Employees
  • Staff on other functional departments or organisation
  • Outside organisation
17
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What are the advantages of providing effective customer service to internal customers?

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  • Good working relationship between employees and supervisors
  • High quality service to external customers
  • Better operational efficiency
  • Happy and efficient workforce
  • Loyal employees
18
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What are the needs of internal customers?

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  • Good communication between department
  • Clear communication between management and employees
  • Training and development
19
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How to improve customer delivery?

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  1. Staff training
  2. Teamwork
  3. Product knowledge
  4. Monitoring and evaluation
20
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What is benchmarking?

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Benchmarking is

  • understand and evaluate the current position of a business or organisation in relation to best practice.
  • to identify areas and mean of performance improvement
  • facilitate improved performance in critical functions within an organisation or inky areas of the business environment.
21
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Give examples of informal feedback.

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  1. Simple questioning of customers

2. informal feedback from staff management

22
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Give examples of formal feedback.

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  1. Observation
  2. Suggestion box
  3. Mystery shopper
  4. Focus groups
  5. Guest comments cards