- Title
- Have the continuous improvement (CI) efforts at Absa Bank's Horizon Medium Business Banking Unit, in the Gauteng West Region successfully addressed the key concepts of continuous improvement as set out by Trollip, 2008?
- Creator
- Ndlovu, Sinqobile Khobotho
- Subject
- Banks and banking -- Customer services -- South Africa
- Subject
- Organizational effectiveness
- Date Issued
- 2008
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:8721
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/904
- Identifier
- Banks and banking -- Customer services -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Organizational effectiveness
- Description
- Success in today’s highly competitive financial sector requires an organization to have a sustainable competitive advantage that would distinguish it from the rest. Products offered by financial organizations are naturally the same and the quality of service plays a critical role in terms of creating the much needed competitive advantage. This calls for the implementation of quality initiatives like Continuous improvement (CI). This paper investigates the extent to which CI efforts at the Horizon business unit of Absa corporate and business banking have successfully addressed the key concepts of CI set out by Trollip (2008). A literature survey was undertaken into the elements and benefits of CI. Questionnaires were sent to all employees of the business unit for their views on CI and the impact, they believe it has on the unit’s endeavors to deliver faster, defect free, innovative products/services, whilst achieving tougher goals. In conclusion the research paper led to recommendations to improve the CI efforts at the Horizon business unit. The research also confirmed the importance of the commitment of all employees is essential for the success of CI efforts in improving the quality of service offered by an organization.
- Format
- i, 108 leaves ;c31 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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