The latter area is aimed at instilling a sense of responsibility for job performance within every employee. Quality assurance seeks the maximum commitment of every employee to
„taking care‟ of the guest. It also empowers the employee to make decisions for the benefit of the guest. In simple terms each employee understands exactly who his or her customer is. Employees who deal directly with guests know that the guests are their customers. But behind-the- scenes employees also learn that they have customers. For example, the chef works for the waiter, who in turn works
for a restaurant guest. The housekeeping employee who delivers clean linens and guestroom supplies also has customers; the room attendants are his/her customers. Once employees fully understand these worker-customer relationships, they can discuss which is the best way to serve the customer. Whatever quality programme is adopted is a response to the principle and the concept of employee involvement. These are all usually employee-based systems of developing standards and are based on the premise that the person doing the job knows the job best. Employees are brought into the act of developing and writing standards and consequently are committed to living up to the standards. Quality programmes work very well for both small and large hospitality industry businesses, helping new as well as current employees understand exactly what is expected of them. They also teach employees to recognise, identify and solve common problems and frustrations, proactively rather than reactively, if possible.
This all means doing the right things effectively and taking the right
measurements to ensure excellence of products and services (Scarnati, 2002). Hotel owners realize that offering their guests “a service quality”, is the best
way to differentiate their products from those of their competitors. Quality is thus fundamental to market growth and profitability. For example, it can be observed that some hotels in South Africa have upgraded its reservation systems and have implemented express check-in service systems. These hotels believe that it is important to keep improving and maintaining certain aspects of quality, production volume, delivery, performance and productivity, as well as cost. They see quality as a philosophy, an attitude and a way of thinking, which is an integral part of a successful business.
The latter area is aimed at instilling a sense of responsibility for job performance within every employee. Quality assurance seeks the maximum commitment of every employee to
„taking care‟ of the guest. It also empowers the employee to make decisions for the benefit of the guest. In simple terms each employee understands exactly who his or her customer is. Employees who deal directly with guests know that the guests are their customers. But behind-the- scenes employees also learn that they have customers. For example, the chef works for the waiter, who in turn works
for a restaurant guest. The housekeeping employee who delivers clean linens and guestroom supplies also has customers; the room attendants are his/her customers. Once employees fully understand these worker-customer relationships, they can discuss which is the best way to serve the customer. Whatever quality programme is adopted is a response to the principle and the concept of employee involvement. These are all usually employee-based systems of developing standards and are based on the premise that the person doing the job knows the job best. Employees are brought into the act of developing and writing standards and consequently are committed to living up to the standards. Quality programmes work very well for both small and large hospitality industry businesses, helping new as well as current employees understand exactly what is expected of them. They also teach employees to recognise, identify and solve common problems and frustrations, proactively rather than reactively, if possible.
This all means doing the right things effectively and taking the right
measurements to ensure excellence of products and services (Scarnati, 2002). Hotel owners realize that offering their guests “a service quality”, is the best
way to differentiate their products from those of their competitors. Quality is thus fundamental to market growth and profitability. For example, it can be observed that some hotels in South Africa have upgraded its reservation systems and have implemented express check-in service systems. These hotels believe that it is important to keep improving and maintaining certain aspects of quality, production volume, delivery, performance and productivity, as well as cost. They see quality as a philosophy, an attitude and a way of thinking, which is an integral part of a successful business.
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