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Part Three<br />

Planning and control<br />

Figure 17.4 The customer’s domain and the operations domain in determining the perceived quality, showing how<br />

the gap between customers’ expectations and their perception of a product or service could be explained by one<br />

or more gaps elsewhere in the model<br />

Source: Adapted from Parasuraman, A. et al. (1985) A conceptual model of service quality and implications for future research, Journal of<br />

Marketing, vol. 49, Fall, pp. 41–50. Reproduced with permission from the American Marketing Association.<br />

Short case<br />

Quality at Magic Moments<br />

Magic Moments is a small, but successful wedding<br />

photography business. Its owner, Richard Webber, has<br />

seen plenty of changes over the last twenty years. ‘In the<br />

past, my job involved taking a few photos during the<br />

wedding ceremony and then formal group shots outside.<br />

I was rarely at a wedding for more than two hours. Clients<br />

would select around 30 photos to go in a standard<br />

wedding album. It was important to get the photos right,<br />

Source: Alamy Images

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