Strategic analysis on service delays: case study on food and beverage department of C'Haya Hotel Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah / Adrian Alaska @ Kalasa and Lizinis Cassendra Frederick Dony

Customer satisfaction is the upmost key to the competitive advantage of hospitality industry especially when to comes to food and beverage services. The catalyst to customer satisfaction is through the seamless service delivery which encompasses the whole operations of the food and beverage departme...

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Main Authors: Alaska @ Kalasa, Adrian, Frederick Dony, Lizinis Cassendra
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/107139/1/107139.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/107139/
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Summary:Customer satisfaction is the upmost key to the competitive advantage of hospitality industry especially when to comes to food and beverage services. The catalyst to customer satisfaction is through the seamless service delivery which encompasses the whole operations of the food and beverage department from purchasing of raw material, suppliers, kitchen operations, the skilled manpower, food preparation and production. In order to have a better understanding of service delays in the food and beverage department of C'haya Hotel Tanjung Aru, this study is conducted. This paper deals with the strategic approach to the causes and strategies for delay in service delivery. The main idea is how process of service delivery of food can be improved by the strategic management tools analysis. The identification of possible causes of delay in service delivery are done through Grounded Theory method. Hence, the best possible strategy to overcome the delay is recommended. Based on the findings, suppliers, availability of raw materials, management experience, insuffcient manpower, and staff attitude contributed to the service delay. Strategies in overcoming this problem were suggested based on the findings and discussion on literature.