Identificação das dimensões da qualidade em serviços: um estudo aplicado em uma instituição de ensino superior localizada em Caxias do Sul-RS

Abstract

The present work consists in indentifying and evaluating customer´s perception (students) about the services of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), through the identification of the attributes that have an impact on their satisfaction and the dimensions and factors related to quality, which can be suggested in the search for a competitive differential of the post-graduation courses (lato sensu). The identification of the attributes, and consecutively, of the dimensions of quality related to the offered services can help the institution to give priority to certain actions, considering the student´s perception, in order to increase the quality of the services, contributing the excellence within the educational field, besides stimulating the customer´s retention (students) and consolidating its market position. The research was developed in two phases: a qualitative one, involving in-depth interviews, and the quantitative one, involving structured questionnaires; the data analysis was made trough various statistical techniques and procedures. The results obtained clearly show the degree of student´s satisfaction, which allows the Institution to identify the dimensions of quality related to the offered services, besides pointing future directions to the IES.