Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur användningen av AI-chatbotar hos Amazon påverkar kundnöjdheten. Metodvalet för denna studie är kvantitativ och baseras på data insamlad genom en enkätundersökning. Enkäten är utformad för att kvantifiera och analysera respondenternas åsikter, beteenden och demografiska variabler. Data analyseras med hjälp av SEM och AMOS. Studien har identifierat signifikanta samband mellan förtroende och kundnöjdhet samt uppfattad enkelhet och kundnöjdhet när det gäller Amazons AI-chatbot. Sambandet är positivt och ökad förtroende samt uppfattad enkelhet leder till ökad kundnöjdhet. / The purpose of this study is to investigate how the use of AI chatbots at Amazon affects customer satisfaction. The method chosen for this study is quantitative and is based on data collected through a survey. The survey is designed to quantify and analyze respondents' opinions, behaviors, and demographic variables. The data is analyzed using SEM and AMOS. The study has identified significant relationships between trust and customer satisfaction, as well as perceived simplicity and customer satisfaction regarding Amazon´s AI chatbot. The relationship is positive and increased trust and perceived ease of use leads to increased customer satisfaction.

The South African automotive industry has experienced significant changes in the last 20 years. Globalisation, the implementation of lean production and the development of modularisation have had a profound influence on the relationships between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers, the automotive component manufacturers (ACMs), and their suppliers. South Africa has a number of OEMs and a vibrant automotive component manufacturing industry (ACM), which supplies the South African aftermarket and a spread of export markets. These ACMs are the focus of this study. The main objective of this research study was to identify the supply chain management problems ACMs in South Africa encounter, to what extent they face these problems and how these can be overcome. The problems were identified through a literature review and interviews with two OEMs in South Africa. Using this data a questionnaire was compiled and sent to all NAACAM members for completion. This study is by nature descriptive and exploratory and contains quantitative and qualitative elements. Seven hypotheses were formulated to guide the research. The findings of this research indicate that the geographic location, age and size of the business, have no bearing on the supply chain problems ACMs face, whist the relationship between ACMs and their suppliers and ACMs and their customers is a significant problem. The findings also indicate that the following are some of the main supply chain problems facing ACMs: pressure by OEMs to reduce prices; the price of materials; cancellation of orders; excessive inventory; the unreliability of rail transport and rail capacity problems; the high cost of South African ports; the cost of replacing outdated technology; and BBBEE – achieving and verifying BEE scorecards. The findings further indicate a lack of skills and labour problems, both of which are time consuming to resolve. This study was completed over a four-year period. At the commencement of this study the automotive industry was booming, but in mid-2008, a global economic crisis started. This crisis impacted adversely on the automotive industry globally and in South Africa. Despite these challenges, leaders in the South African automotive component industry remain positive about the future. This study was completed over a four-year period. At the commencement of this study the automotive industry was booming, but in mid-2008, a global economic crisis started. This crisis impacted adversely on the automotive industry globally and in South Africa. Despite these challenges, leaders in the South African automotive component industry remain positive about the future. / Business Management / D. Comm. (Business Management)

Drawing upon case studies of three organisations operating six call centres in Australia, this thesis explores the manifestations and interplay of employee resistance and accommodation in response to five facets of employer control: electronic monitoring; repetitious work; emotional control; the built environment; and workplace flexibility. Accommodation refers to the ways workers protect themselves from and adapt to the pressures that make up their day-to-day experiences of work. Accommodation, unlike resistance, which implies opposition to control, may superficially resemble consent to control. I argue that resistance and accommodation are not polar opposites; rather they are both reflections of the conflict and tensions that lie at the heart of the employment relationship. At the study sites, employees utilised resistance and accommodation both separately and concurrently. An explanation of these seemingly contradictory responses and of the links among accommodation individual resistance and collective resistance lies in the concept of ???self???. In this thesis, ???self??? refers to workers??? perceptions of fairness, dignity and autonomy. I examine how these notions frame worker discontent and promote employee solidarity. ???Everyday resistance???, a concept first developed by Scott (1985) in relation to peasant struggles, is employed to highlight the existence of subterranean struggles in workplaces that otherwise appear to be harmonious. At the study sites, everyday resistance was a multi-faceted, widely employed strategy whose strength lay primarily in its immediate impact. There was, however, no necessary sequential development from accommodation, through everyday resistance to overt, formal forms of conflict. What was evident was that multiple responses to employer control could co-exist and inhibit or promote one another. But it was through organised collective resistance that more formalised gains were made and widely held grievances addressed. I suggest that, although everyday resistance may lay the groundwork for more formal struggles, one should not conclude that traditional collective resistance is ???genuine??? resistance and everyday resistance is simply a second-best prelude to it. Although conflict is always present, its intensity differs. If we are to understand the complexity of worker responses to managerial control, we need to expand the theoretical frameworks within which we analyse and interpret conflict.

以往顧客服務對企業而言只是被動的支援單位，企業無法得知每一位顧客的想法，顧客的聲音也難以傳達到企業內部，然而資訊與通訊技術的進步打破了這樣的障礙，促使資訊透明化，企業藉由資訊科技的輔助可以直接接觸到每一個個別的顧客，了解顧客的想法與需求來帶動企業的運作，成為企業經營的競爭優勢。 顧客關係管理（customer relationship management；CRM）為近年新興熱門話題，國內外軟體大廠紛紛投入CRM市場，然而此環境尚未成熟，各家提出之系統功能相當不一致，本文提出企業在建置顧客關係管理環境時應具備七大單元，包括產品端資訊蒐集機制、互動機制、事件處理機制、儲存分析機制、內部鏈結機制、策略對應機制、回饋執行機制等，以供企業參考。 CRM重視區別出每一個個別顧客的屬性再提供客製化服務，本文針對北部某醫院進行訪談，探討其規劃中之CRM及進行狀況，驗證本文所提出模式之可行性。 / Because of the power of information and telecommunications technologies, business can keep tracking of their customers to know what they really want and how they actually use the product. Analyzing the information return from customers and products, business can provide active and accurate service to the right customer through the right channel at the right time and rise the customer satisfaction. 　The purpose of this article is to show a complete CRM model which includes product information collecting mechanism, interact mechanism, event processing mechanism, storage and analysis mechanism, internal linkage mechanism, decision support mechanism, feedback implementing mechanism. When business constructs the CRM environment, they can apply this model to their organization. 　This article also studies a hospital case and plans a future framework for it by applying the model.

21世紀是服務的年代，在企業追求成長，人人重視服務的同時，企業也紛紛轉型為客戶導向型的組織，客戶服務中心也成為企業轉型的引導中心。客戶服務中心是企業的聯繫中心、互動中心、管理中心，所以，當客戶服務中心在企業中地位日益重要的情況下，客服中心如何運用管理策略來提升客服中心的服務品質也日顯重要。客戶服務中心以客戶為主，為顧客提供正確及可靠的產品相關資訊，並展現良好的服務給予顧客，以獲得較佳的經營績效。 本研究以A壽險公司為例，透過實際訪談及觀察，探討客服中心的運作管理模式，在組織中的定位，專業客服人員的教育訓練，以及目標管理績效指標評估等。了解客戶服務的重要關鍵以及提供服務的能力，另外服務系統相關的部門對客服中心支援程度也是影響服務品質關聯性的要因。 在個案探訪後發現，客服中心的營運與策略定位有絕大的關聯性，要有熱忱的客服中心專業人才，對客戶服務的認知深入與領導才能的管理者，加上適當的組織授權與資訊整合的幫助，乃是成功客服的必備條件。服務品質管理方面，須訂定適當的關鍵衡量標準，現場管理程序，質量監控規範，以及完善的服務作業流程。根據業務發展需要及環境改變狀況，持續不斷的改進。 關鍵詞：客服中心、管理策略、 服務品質、顧客滿意度、目標管理 / The 21 century is an age of services. Enterprises pursues growth and people demand services. At the same time, enterprises transform themselves into customer-oriented entities in succession. Customer service center leads enterprise transformation. Customer service center is centers of communication, interaction, and management in the enterprise. When the customer service center is gaining significance, therefore, how to utilize management strategies to improve the customer service quality becomes increasingly important. Customer service center focuses on customers. It provides customers with correct and reliable product related information and good services in order to improve the operational performance. This study uses company A as an example. With field research and observation, this study analyzes the operational and managerial patterns of the customer service center, the position in an organization, the trainings of professional customer service personnel, and the evaluation of objective management and performance management. This study shows how the customer service center understands the key factors of customer services and the ability to provide services. In addition, the supports from other service related departments are also key factors of customer service quality. The discovery of the case study shows that the operation of the customer service center and enterprise strategic positioning are closely related. Enthusiastic customer service professionals, deeply understanding of customer services and leadership, and appropriate organizational empowerment and information technology integration are essential requirements of a successful customer service center. In the aspect of customer service quality management, proper evaluation standards, line management procedures, quality control standards, and complete customer service workflow are required. Continuous improvements are applied in accordance with the needs of operation development and the changes in the environmental status quo. Keywords：Customer Service Center, Management Strategies, Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Objective Management.

<p>The goal of customer support is to help clients achieve maximum value in their services and products. Customer support is the public face of a company, which means that it is important to give the customer a positive experience and live up to customer expectations. Efficient customer support has become more important and studies show that customers who leave a company do so because of poor service. Customers' growing demands for higher quality and easier access to services means that companies must recognize the need to satisfy each customer. It is important that each customer receives the attention required and that customer needs are met quickly and flawlessly. The primary objective for an efficient customer support is to provide quick answers and solutions to achieve customer satisfaction.</p><p>This master thesis aims to examine how the support and case management process can be improved for smaller software companies with customer support. The thesis deals with four issues: how should the support process be designed in smaller software companies, which important aspects must be considered in the support-handling process, how can a case management system contribute to a better customer support and what is the customer role in the management process.</p><p>Case company for this thesis has been Medius in Linköping, which is a provider of process-related IT support. Interviews have been conducted with both employees at Medius and customers to Medius.</p><p>The thesis has resulted in a framework and a recommendation for how efficient customer support should be handled in a small software company. To obtain an efficient customer support it is important that the client knows how the customer support should be contacted and what information is required. It should be possible for the customer to contact the customer support through multiple communication channels. The customer support has to work efficiently internally. It is important to prioritize, escalate and document tasks. Between the customer support and the customer, it is beneficial to have a satisfactory communication with regular feedback. Ultimately, it is also important to regularly measure and evaluate the customer support service in order to maintain efficient customer support.</p><p>A case management system that supports the business is required for the customer support. The case management system is needed to solve problems faster and to provide the support with an overview of the business. A case management system also acts as a knowledge database with relevant information.</p><p>This thesis work has combined existing frameworks and theories about customer support. This has been supplemented with interviews in order to adapt the framework to smaller software companies. An efficient customer support is achieved by using the authors' framework and recommendations.</p> / <p>Målet med kundsupport är att hjälpa sina kunder uppnå maximalt värde i deras tjänster och produkter. Kundsupporten är ett företags ansikte utåt, vilket innebär att det är viktigt att ge kunden en positiv upplevelse och leva upp till kundens förväntningar. Effektiv kundsupport har blivit allt viktigare och studier visar att de kunder som lämnar företag gör det på grund av dålig service. Kundernas ökade krav på högre kvalité och enklare tillgång till service har lett till att företag måste inse vikten av att tillfredställa varje enskild kund. Det är viktigt att varje enskild kund erhåller den uppmärksamhet som krävs och att kundens behov tillgodoses snabbt och felfritt. Det primära för en effektiv kundsupport är att ge snabba svar och lösningar för att uppnå kundnöjdhet.</p><p>Det här examensarbetet syftar till att undersöka hur support- och ärendehanteringsprocessen kan förbättras för mindre mjukvaruföretag med kundsupport. Examensarbetet behandlar fyra frågeställningar: hur bör supportprocessen utformas i ett mindre mjukvaruföretag, vilka viktiga aspekter ska beaktas i supporthanteringsprocessen, betydelsen av ett ärendehanteringssystem samt kundens roll i supporthanteringsprocessen.  </p><p>Fallföretaget för det här examensarbetet har varit Medius i Linköping som är en leverantör av processrelaterat IT-stöd. Intervjuer har genomförts med såväl anställda på Medius som kunder till Medius.</p><p>Examensarbetet har resulterat i ett ramverk samt en rekommendation för hur effektiv kundsupport ska hanteras i ett mindre mjukvaruföretag. För att kundsupporten i ett mindre mjukvaruföretag ska fungera effektivt krävs att kunden vet hur kundsupporten ska kontaktas och vilken information som ska tillhandahållas. Det ska vara möjligt för kunden att kontakta kundsupporten via flera olika kommunikationskanaler. Kundsupporten ska i sin tur fungera effektivt internt. Det är viktigt att prioritera, eskalera och dokumentera ärenden på ett korrekt sätt. Mellan kundsupporten och kunden ska det finnas en tillfredställande kommunikation med regelbunden återkoppling. I slutändan är det viktigt att regelbundet mäta och utvärdera kundsupportens servicenivåer för att kunna upprätthålla en effektiv kundsupport.</p><p>För att kundsupporten ska kunna fungera effektiv internt krävs ett ärendehanteringssystem som stödjer verksamheten. Ett ärendehanteringssystems behövs för att kunna lösa problem snabbare och för att ge supporten en överblick över verksamheten. Ärendehanteringssystemet fungerar också som en kunskapsdatabas med relevant information.</p><p>Det här examensarbetet har kombinerat befintliga ramverk och teorier kring kundsupport. Detta har kompletterats med intervjuer för att anpassa ramverket till det mindre mjukvaruföretaget. Genom att använda författarnas ramverk och rekommendationer kommer en effektiv kundsupport att erhållas.</p>

Call centers have become a preferred and prevalent means for companies to communicate with their customers. As a consequence of this, the call center industry has seen a huge growth in both volume and scope in the last couple of decades. Operations managers are challenged with the fact that personnel costs, especially staffing, account for over 65% of the cost of running the typical call center. The trade-off between service quality (marketing) and efficiency (operations), thus naturally arises, and a central goal of ours is to contribute to its understanding. We present here a server switching policy for routing of calls to Customer Service Representatives (CSR) in a multi-skilled inbound call center utilizing skill-based routing (SBR). We model the system as a queueing network and propose stochastic Petri net based models for the design and performance analysis of call centers. Our models and experimentations help in identifying practices that result in efficient usage of existing personnel in a call center. In our work, we have considered two types of scenarios in which a multi-skilled SBR call center handling inbound calls can function - (i) with specialist agents only, and (ii) with a mix of specialist and flexible agents. We have developed both these models and compared the rewards obtained from each of them. This analysis helped us answer important issues regarding the routing decision of calls to CSRs, identify the hedging point where one obtains the highest rewards and the impact of varying the strategic and tactical level decisions on the overall call center performance.

Cette étude vise à comprendre les motifs qui peuvent s’avérer source de conflits dans une situation où il est le plus inattendu : les navires de croisières. Nous analysons les constructions de la propagande de vente de croisières avec l’utilisation des mythes marins. Nous nous questionnons ensuite sur la relation entre l’être humain et la mer à partir de la grande diversité mythologique entourant celle-ci ainsi que l’expérience empirique de la vie sur un navire de croisière (également sur un paquebot, cargo et bateau militaire). Dans ce contexte touristique, nous abordons le thème de la rencontre de l’Autre : l’Autre étant les personnes habitant les destinations visitées, les touristes, et principalement, les employés sur le navire responsables du service à la clientèle. Enfin, nous analysons plusieurs conflits représentatifs vécus à bord d’une croisière afin de comprendre les structures conflictuelles ; l’espace, la subordination, les jeux de rôle, les classes sociales, etc. / This study focuses on causes of conflict in a situation least expected: cruise ships. This analysis illustrates the structure of cruising propaganda and how it is linked to oceanic mythologies. Then, the study reveals the connection between humans and the sea, based on the wide mythology and one's empirical experience on a cruise ship (as well as on a liner, cargo or military ship). In a touristic context, this study focuses on the subject of encounter with The Other which, from point of view of the tourist, refers to the locals of the visited destinations, other tourists and mainly the customer service representatives of the cruise lines. The final analysis demonstrates relevant conflicts on board a cruise ship experienced by several informants. The ultimate objective of this study is to understand the causing structures of conflict such as the space, subordination, social roles, social classes, etc.

Collaborative care is a philosophy which guides the work of interdisciplinary teams and patients and their families internationally. It has been demonstrated to improve quality of care, safety, and patient and staff satisfaction, yet applying this philosophy still requires much investigation. This thesis describes processes of change directed towards a vision to enhance collaborative care relationships with patients and families within one hospital site of a non-acute academic health science centre in Ontario, Canada. By building focused conversations around existing patient and family centred education and using an initial conceptual framework of customer service, healthcare providers, mid- and senior level leaders shared their perspectives, negotiated meanings and created innovations to enhance collaborative relationships within the organization. Based within the critical paradigm, a critical collaborative ethnography was constructed with the use of sequential and mixed research methodologies. The ethnography evolved over three phases in a step-wise and additive design during the three year period of study. Phase 1 examined the perspectives of healthcare providers in an exploratory case study which contributed to mid-level leaders’ discussions in Phase 2. Cumulative findings from Phases 1 and 2 were brought to discussions with senior leaders in Phase 3. Members of a participative action research team assisted with research design and study processes. Shared meanings and innovative change ideas were developed and captured through the use of semi-structured focus groups and interviews, survey, participant observation and inductive analysis. A conceptual framework of ‘partners-in-care’ emerged and was used to assist participants to make sense of the values and factors important in their work with respect to collaborative relationships. The research processes facilitated the development of many innovations to enhance collaborative practice within the hospital. The organization was described by the research as undergoing directed change to enhance collaborative care as evidenced through participant self-reports, observed initiatives and the ethnographic descriptions. / Thesis (Ph.D, Rehabilitation Science) -- Queen's University, 2012-06-25 15:06:24.687

目錄 謝誌－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－I 摘要－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－III ABSTRACT－－－－－－－－－－－－－－IV 目錄－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－ V 表目錄－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－VII 圖目錄－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－VIII 第壹章　緒論 第一節　研究背景與動機－－－－－－－ 1 第二節　研究問題－－－－－－－－－－ 5 第三節　研究目的－－－－－－－－－－ 5 第四節　研究流程－－－－－－－－－－ 6 第貳章　文獻探討 第一節　真誠領導－－－－－－－－－－ 7 第二節　專注覺察－－－－－－－－－－ 13 第三節　情緒勞務－－－－－－－－－－ 18 第四節　主動顧客服務績效－－－－－－ 24 第五節　各變項間之關係及假設推論－－ 27 第六節　研究理論模式圖－－－－－－－32 第参章　研究方法 第一節　研究母體與抽樣對象－－－－－ 34 第二節　研究工具－－－－－－－－－－ 35 第三節　資料分析方法－－－－－－－－38 第肆章　研究分析與討論 第一節　樣本結構之敘述性統計分析－－ 41 第二節　信度與效度分析－－－－－－－ 43 第三節　相關分析－－－－－－－－－－ 51 第四節　整體結構方程模式分析－－－－ 52 第伍章　結論與建議 第一節　結論－－－－－－－－－－－－ 65 第二節　管理實務建議－－－－－－－－ 70 第三節　研究限制與後續研究之建議－－ 72 參考文獻 中文部分－－－－－－－－－－－－－－75 英文部分－－－－－－－－－－－－－－76 附錄一：研究問卷－－－－－－－－－－ 83