Final Paper

Focus of the Final Paper

In your Final Paper, identify and select a service organization you are familiar with (as an employee or customer). Once you have selected a service organization you need to address the following:

1. Describe the customer expectations and satisfaction for the service organization you have chosen and discuss the importance of achieving customer expectations and satisfaction with respect to this organization.
2. Propose and explain criteria for developing and evaluating strategies for change, such as a quality management initiative, in your selected service organization.
3. Illustrate the essentials of quality management and the techniques that are associated with it, including benchmarking and knowledge management, as they apply to your selected service organization.
4. Discuss the proposed total quality management imitative and analyze its impact on the service organization’s culture, employees, and customers.
5. Provide recommendations to your selected service organization that will enhance its organizational strategies to meet consumer demands.

Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must have a cover page that includes:
   ­ - Title of paper
   ­ - Student’s name
   ­ - Course name and number
   ­ - Instructor’s name
   ­ - Date submitted
3. Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
6. Must use at least four scholarly resources from the Ashford Online Library, in addition to the textbook.
7. Must use APA style as outlined in your approved style guide to document all sources.
8. Must include, on the final page, a Reference List that is completed according to APA style as outlined in your approved style guide.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.