120 Perceptions of ISO 9004 Quality Service Management Standards for Visitor Services: What Do Parks Canada Employees Really Think?
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Abstract
Under the new Parks Canada Agency, visitor numbers, expenditures and satisfaction play an enhanced role in determining operating budgets for the entire system and for individual sites. As such, service quality has become an important theme in Parks Canada operating guidelines, and the agency-visitor relationship is often seen as the key to evaluating service quality performance. Although much research has explored visitors ’ perceptions of service quality, little has been done to understand quality control from the agency’s perspective. One option for an agency’s quality control is to implement a management standards program into its operating system. This study examined staff perceptions of issues associated with potential implementation of the ISO 9004 quality management standards into Canada’s National Parks and National Historic Sites. ISO 9004 are generic guidelines for quality management and are adaptable to both the public and private sectors. Interviews were conducted at Point Pelee National Park and Woodside National Historic Site. Because the involvement and commitment of the entire organization is instrumental to implementation, participants were selected from several levels of the agency. Staff identified benefits and challenges of implementation and often viewed the challenges they identified as opportunities for organizational growth. Staff also demonstrated an overall positive attitude and willingness to change, if adequate 220
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