Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching

Shopping centers industry has grown considerable in Malaysia. Nevertheless, the growth is not only seen in the numbers of shopping centers development but also in the size and format. Today, this sector is identified as a major contributor to the Malaysia economy. Moreover, the success or failure of...

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Main Author: Awang Yunus, Awang Ihsan
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Published: 2013
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spelling my-utm-ep.781152018-07-25T08:17:35Z Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching 2013-06 Awang Yunus, Awang Ihsan TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Shopping centers industry has grown considerable in Malaysia. Nevertheless, the growth is not only seen in the numbers of shopping centers development but also in the size and format. Today, this sector is identified as a major contributor to the Malaysia economy. Moreover, the success or failure of shopping centers depends on many factors; but the customer satisfaction is one of the factors considered vital to its success. Consequently, it is important to understand the level of customer satisfaction towards shopping centers and how facilities management can add value to the management of shopping centre. The aim of the study is to evaluate customer satisfaction towards Facilities Management (FM) services at shopping mall. The data was collected through the literature study, questionnaire survey and also interviews from the shopping mall management. 50 questionnaires was distributed and 45 were returned duly answered by the respondents on the survey conducted According to the findings, Building Operation and Maintenance has the highest average index of customer satisfaction level with 3.8 or 22%. Based on the analysis, suggested improvements were recommended. As a conclusion, the 3 objectives were achieved and recommendations for future study were suggested. 2013-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78115/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78115/1/AwangIhsanAwangYunusMFKA20131.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:78614 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TA Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
Awang Yunus, Awang Ihsan
Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching
description Shopping centers industry has grown considerable in Malaysia. Nevertheless, the growth is not only seen in the numbers of shopping centers development but also in the size and format. Today, this sector is identified as a major contributor to the Malaysia economy. Moreover, the success or failure of shopping centers depends on many factors; but the customer satisfaction is one of the factors considered vital to its success. Consequently, it is important to understand the level of customer satisfaction towards shopping centers and how facilities management can add value to the management of shopping centre. The aim of the study is to evaluate customer satisfaction towards Facilities Management (FM) services at shopping mall. The data was collected through the literature study, questionnaire survey and also interviews from the shopping mall management. 50 questionnaires was distributed and 45 were returned duly answered by the respondents on the survey conducted According to the findings, Building Operation and Maintenance has the highest average index of customer satisfaction level with 3.8 or 22%. Based on the analysis, suggested improvements were recommended. As a conclusion, the 3 objectives were achieved and recommendations for future study were suggested.
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author Awang Yunus, Awang Ihsan
author_facet Awang Yunus, Awang Ihsan
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title Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching
title_short Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching
title_full Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching
title_fullStr Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching
title_full_unstemmed Customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the Plaza Merdeka Shopping Mall Kuching
title_sort customer satisfaction towards the facilities management services at the plaza merdeka shopping mall kuching
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78115/1/AwangIhsanAwangYunusMFKA20131.pdf
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