A NEW APPROACH TO QUALITY MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTUAL MATRIX OF SERVICE ATTRIBUTES

The assessment of the quality of a given service allows for the identification of its strengths and weaknesses and for its possible improvement. The methods used for this purpose are mainly based on the surveys filled in by customers. In these surveys, the attributes that are to define this quality are listed. The selection of such attributes is one of the most difficult parts of the study. The aim of the article was to collect the most important attributes that can be used to assess the service quality and to classify services according to these attributes. For this purpose, a conceptual matrix of service attributes was created with the division of attributes into four groups: attributes conditioning technical satisfaction, attributes conditioning aesthetic and cultural satisfaction, attributes conditioning satisfaction with the level of safety, and attributes conditioning satisfaction from the social / health point of view. Attributes in the common parts between similar pairs of groups and for all groups together were also distinguished. Services were also classified into individual groups of attributes in accordance with the conceptual matrix of service attributes. Thanks to this it is possible to indicate characteristic features and attributes for individual type of services. It is also possible to indicate representatives of individual groups of attributes. This matrix is a helpful tool facilitating the quality management process, that can be used when conducting research on the quality of services, and its task is to help in the selection of attributes for such research.