Process approach in service management: strategies to achieve successful applications

The article examines the convenience of applying management methods and techniques used for design and mainly, control processes to service organizations. The case study analyzed the experience achieved in a University Library certified whit 9001:2000 standards. The article analyzes the need of team...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zanazzi, José Luis, Pedrotti, Beatriz Isabel, Arias, Fulvio Hernndo, Dimitroff, Magdalena, Blazquez, Miguel
Format: Online
Language:Spanish
Published: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales 2010
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.fceqyn.unam.edu.ar/recyt/index.php/recyt/article/view/524
Description
Summary:The article examines the convenience of applying management methods and techniques used for design and mainly, control processes to service organizations. The case study analyzed the experience achieved in a University Library certified whit 9001:2000 standards. The article analyzes the need of teamwork, its problematic and the reasons showing why management by processes allows to overcome difficulties. It addition, some quality management tools used to implement the quality system is described. The work emphasizes the presentation of results. Actually, it includes the study of diverse indicators showing the improvement of service in the used services room and in the newspaper library. A special analysis is reserved to the compound indicator measuring users' satisfaction, the way the data is obtained, the instrument, the calculus criteria and the final results obtained. The conclusion is that the experience can be considered to be successful and satisfactory to a high degree, both for the users and for the people who support the organization activity.