Perceived Customer Characteristics
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Gaps Model
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Service Recovery
100

The ability to perform the service dependably and accurately.

What is reliability

100

Companies’ responsiveness, flexibility, dependability, ease of access, apologies, or compensation when necessary.

What is good service

100

How many gap models are there?

What is 4

100

Who manages conflicts between customers and their employees.

What are frontline service providers

100
How many steps are there in Service Recovery?

What is 3

200

Associated with the appearance of physical facilities, equipment, personnel, and communication materials.

What is tangibility 

200

Monitoring customer favorableness by social media.

What is Sentiment Analysis

200

Difference between customers’ expectations and the retailer's perception of those customer expectations.

What is the knowledge gap

200

Customer service is easy if...?

What is there aren't any customers

200

What is the abbreviation in letters for Service Recovery?

What is LPR

300

Knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to convey trust and confidence.

What is assurance

300

Allowing employees at the firm’s lowest levels to make important decisions regarding how service will be provided to customers.

What is empowerment 

300

Difference between the retailer’s knowledge of customers’ perceptions and expectations and the service standards it sets.

What is the standards gap
300

Complaints allow retailers to interact with...?

What is customers

300

What does the first letter in the abbreviation stand for?

What is Listen

400

The caring, individualized attention provided to customers.

What is empathy

400

Have appropriate systems and equipment to deliver the service desired by customers.

What is instrumental support
400

Difference between the retailer’s service standards and the actual service it provides to customers.

What is the delivery gap

400

Feedback can improve...?

What is service quality

400

What does the second letter or step in the abbreviation stand for?

What is Provide (a fair solution)

500

To provide customer service personnel and sales associates that really want to help customers and provide prompt service.

What is responsiveness

500

The most important thing for setting service standards.

What is high-quality

500

Difference between the actual service provided to customers and the service that the retailer’s promotion program promises.

What is the communication gap

500

What is the difference between “Respond to emails as soon as possible" and “All emails should be responded to within three hours”

What is vague and specific

500

What does the third letter in the abbreviation stand for?

What is Resolve (the problem)