An important ingredient of business strategic planning is a organization's core competency. Properly managed core competency can lead to a competitive advantage, an increase in market share and increased profits for the organization. One of competitiv...
An important ingredient of business strategic planning is a organization's core competency. Properly managed core competency can lead to a competitive advantage, an increase in market share and increased profits for the organization. One of competitive advantages is delivering a excellent customer service that leads unwavering customer loyalty. Internal marketing is the key to superior service and external marketing success.
The objective of this study is to examine the relation among internal marketing, customer orientation, service quality, and customer satisfaction.
Data was collected from the public organization employees and its own customers. After a self-report and personal interviews were conducted, the 228 sets of data were collected from the public organization employees and another 125 sets of data were collected from its own customers. The data were analyzed with spss 10.0 for windows. The effects of internal marketing on customer orientation, service quality and customer satisfaction were analysed by multiple regression, ANOVA.
The results can be summarized as follows;
First, internal marketing affects customer orientation, service quality, and customer satisfaction. The second, customer orientation affects service quality and customer satisfaction. The last, service quality affects customer satisfaction.
Based on these results, the following suggestions can be provided. The intangible nature and complexity of service mean that the employees' role as a service encounter is crucial. The employees are the key to the delivery of a superior service quality and business performance that depends on employees' ability and the motivation. To accomplish this strategy, top management must fully encourage it. Thus, the idea of internal marketing must be supported by the top and be communicated to the employees.
In short, it is necessary for organization to adopt a strategic perspective of internal marketing. Marketing should be encouraged as a business philosophy that guides, not only the relationships with external customers but also with employees.