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Subjective Quality Management Scheme for Video Services in Mobile Environments (모바일 환경에서의 주관적 영상 서비스 품질 관리 방안)

  • Kim, Beom-Joon
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.331-338
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    • 2019
  • Video services over Internet is getting important. Since the service quality of the video service provided by streaming over Internet may be degraded, the quality assessment and management are very important. Currently the objective method based on the measured values of parameters is being widely used for video services. The subjective assessment, however, is more ideal in that the quality that is experienced by human. This paper, therefore, proposes a subjective quality management scheme for video service in a mobile environment that overcomes the limitations of the subjective method. The proposed scheme is expected to contribute to implement a more efficient quality management system for video services in a mobile environment.

A Study on the Evaluation Factors on Korean University Education for Promoting Educational Service Export from the Perspective of Chinese Student in Korea (교육서비스수출 촉진을 위한 한국 대학교육 평가요인에 관한 연구: 중국인 유학생 관점에서)

  • Hong, Song-Hon
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.463-484
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    • 2011
  • The survey was conducted by Chinese students who currently attend universities for the purpose of evaluating factors that determine the quality of educational services of universities in Korea. Three public universities and five private universities in Kyungsang province were surveyed for the purpose of this study with standardized questionnaires. The study raised questions on four different fronts: 1) Is there a difference in the importance of evaluation factors by Chinese student's on the quality of educational services between public universities and private ones? 2) Is there a difference in the degree of satisfaction felt by Chinese students who attend public universities or private ones? 3) Are there any significant differences in the importance of evaluation factors and satisfaction with the quality of educational services? 4) How different the relative influence of evaluation factors has on satisfaction with the quality of educational services for overall Korean university system? The results of this study showed that there was no statistical difference in signification in the importance of evaluation factors on the quality of educational services between public universities and private universities. Only the relationship factor in criteria four had an effect on satisfaction with quality of educational services between public and private universities. There were significant differences in the importance of evaluation factors and satisfaction with the quality of educational services. Chinese students determined that professor's lectureship as the most important factor, and is the ultimate deciding factor whether they attend a public or private university. It should be noted that studying and knowledge are primary concerns to them. Improvements in the quality of educational services in area of lectureship, physical education facilities, relationship, and administrative services are essential and crucially important for Korean universities in order to attract foreign students and to enhance their competitiveness in the global setting.

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Impact of Conceptual Combination Pattern and Goal Congruence on User Experience : Focused on IPTV Design Factors (디지털 서비스의 결합유형과 목적 일치도가 사용자 경험에 미치는 영향 : IPTV 서비스의 디자인 요소를 중심으로)

  • Kim, So-Lyung;Park, Ji-Young;Kim, Jin-Woo
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.43-70
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    • 2010
  • Influences of convergent services on the overall industry has become noticeable. Various services are becoming to converge into a single platform because of ever-hanging needs of digital service users. However, few studies have investigated how users' perception of convergent services as well as the quality of experience that service users have while using the convergent services. Therefore, this study aims at identifying perceived patterns of convergent services by IPTV users, which is one of the representative convergent-ervice platforms. It also aims at identifying the impact of perceived convergence pattern on the relationship between goal congruency among individual services and the quality of user experience. Two empirical studies were conducted to accomplish the research goals. We have constructed two prototypes of convergent digital services in the IPTV environment and conducted controlled experiments to verify the research hypotheses. The results indicate that design similarities of two services substantially influence the perceived patterns of convergent services. It was also found that the perceived convergent patterns have significant moderating effects on the impact of perceived goal congruence upon the quality of user experience. This paper ends with limitations as well as implications of the study results.

Status of Medical Library Resources and Services in Teaching Hospitals in Enugu State, Nigeria: implications for quality health care services

  • Okeke, Oluchi C.;Eze, Samuel Godwin N;Eze, Jacintha U.;Asogwa, George E.
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.21-40
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    • 2017
  • Considering the need for quality health information and resultant health care services in any society, this study was carried out to look into the status of library and information resources and services provided by medical libraries in Enugu State, Nigeria. The main objective of the study was to find out the information resources and services available for medical library users towards quality health care provision. Five (5) medical libraries of major teaching hospitals were used for the study with 980 registered users as the study population from where 245 users were sampled. Observation checklist was used to collect data on resources while questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents on the services provided. The Medical Library Association Standard guided the analysis of data from observation while frequency counts and mean scores were used to analyze data from the questionnaire. Major findings showed that even though some of the required resources and services are available and provided the medical libraries, most of the required resources and services are not adequately provided by these libraries.

What Quality Factors Affect to the e-Learning Performance (e-러닝 성과에 영향을 미치는 품질요인에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Gyun;Sung, Hang-Nam;Jeong, Dae-Yul
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.201-230
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    • 2007
  • Recently, the growth of e-Learning systems and its related information technology has presented a unique challenge for both schools and industry. It would make an extremely phenomenal paradigm shift in the educational method and practice. Methods of assessing the quality of e-teaming services and contents are critical issue in both practice and research. Moreover, many researchers are interested in what qualify factors more affect to the Performance of e-Learning service. Nevertheless, service quality is a construct that is difficult to define and measure. e-Learning services are composed of many factors, and they are more complicated than the traditional education services because they we performed on the distance basis and the many platforms of IT infrastructure. The purposes of our research are to classify the e-Learning service dimension and identify their factors, to develop the measurement of the factors, and finally to test empirically their relationship between the service factors and e-Learning service performance. For the development of the service factors we considered SERVQUAL model and SERVPERF model which were developed in the service marketing area. The SERVQUAL model was more fitted to the e-Learning services than the latter. From that we derived several factors that fit to our research domain, ie, tangibles, access, reliability, credibility, security, responsiveness, assurance, empathy. We combined three factors of them(reliability, credibility, security) into a factor, system stability for the semantic simplicity, and divided responsiveness factor into system operator responsiveness and teacher responsiveness as the entity based dimension classification. In the e-Learning services research, Most researcher are mentioned the quality factors of contents, so we added to two contents quality factors, ie, contents production method and richness of contents itself. We examined the relationship between the service quality factors and e-Learning performance(student satisfaction and service reuse intention). As result three quality factors(contents production method, teacher responsiveness, empathy) significantly affected student satisfaction. To the other performance variable, ie, service reuse intention, the teacher related quality factors(such as teacher responsiveness, assurance, empathy) affected only. In conclusion, even in the on-line distance teaming, the teacher's role md earnestness is as important as ever.

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The Effect of Online and Offline Quality Factors on the Continuous Intention to Use of Delivery App Services (배달앱 서비스의 온·오프라인 품질요인이 지속이용의도에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Moon-Bong;Lee, Og
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.215-236
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    • 2020
  • Purpose/Design The purpose of this study is summarized as follows. First, we want to derive the quality dimension of the delivery app services based on the experience of the users of the delivery app. Second, we would like to identify the continuous intention to use, taking into account the integrated nature of online and offline quality. Third, the online and offline quality factors of the delivery app services shall be checked in an exploratory manner to see how they affect perceived value, satisfaction, and continuous intention to use. In order to demonstrate the purpose of this study, a self-report survey was conducted in which respondents directly responded. A questionnaire of 295 people was identified as a valid sample and used for the final analysis. Findings The summary of the hypothesis test results is as follows. First, the system quality among the online characteristics does not have a significant impact on both perceived values and user satisfaction. Second, the hypothesis that information quality affects satisfaction and perceived value was adopted. Third, the service quality was shown to be a significant factor affecting perceived value and satisfaction. Fourth, the delivery quality among offline characteristics was found to have no significant effect on perceived value and satisfaction. Fifth, the hypothesis test of commodity quality showed that both perceived value and satisfaction had a significant impact. Sixth, satisfaction in the delivery app service showed a positive effect on the continuous intention to use.

A Broker-Based Framework for QoS-Aware Mobile Web Services Selection (품질고려 모바일 웹 서비스 선택을 위한 중개자 기반의 프레임워크)

  • Yeom, Gwy-Duk;Lee, Kun-Chang
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.19 no.12
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    • pp.209-218
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    • 2014
  • The more mobile devices consuming web services, the more QoS-aware selection of mobile web services, we need. A QoS(Quality of Service) contract is an agreement between the web service provider and the mobile user that specifies the level of the service quality. Web services users can be assured of the level of the service quality specified by the QoS contract. We propose a broker-based framework for QoS-aware mobile web services selection in this work. Under this architecture, the mobile users can request the web services through the service broker on the wireless networks. The service broker utilizes agents to monitor the web services quality and manages the service quality by notifying the service provider and mobile user of the service contract violation. Reliability, response time, and cost were the metrics used for QoS monitoring. Futhermore mobile users can select a web service best suited for his/her needs through the service broker.

The Quality Improvement of Medical Tourism Education Service Applying Kano Model (Kano 모델을 적용한 의료관광교육서비스 품질개선에 관한 연구)

  • Byun, Ha Rim;Park, Jong Woo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.309-328
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find a way to improve the quality of medical tourism education services in Korea. Methods: This study used a method of conducting a survey of students who have completed medical tourism education and customer satisfaction coefficient and potential customer satisfaction index were calculated by applying the Kano model. Results: The results of this study are as follows; First, Eight medical tourism education service quality factors were classified as an attractive quality attribute. Second, Thirteen medical tourism education service quality factors were classified as an one-dimensional quality attribute. Third, Online education operation factor was classified as an indifferent quality attribute. Fourth, Instructor quality factor and physical environment quality factor showed relatively high better and high worse coefficients. Finally, According to the PCSI index, it was found that the scope of improvement was the largest when focusing intensively on the quality factors of instructors. Conclusion: This study suggests strategic implications for nurturing excellent professional manpower through quality improvement of education services by identifying the quality factors of major medical tourism education services perceived by students.

A Study on Revisiting Intentions of Medical Institution Customers and Service Quality Factors Influencing Word-of-Mouth Effect (의료기관 이용고객의 재방문의도와 구전효과에 영향을 미치는 서비스 품질요인에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Hwan;Chang, Young-Il;Jung, You-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2011
  • The biggest change in the current medical service market is the shift from producer-based approach to customer-based approach. Thus, there is a high necessity for an introduction of market-oriented and customer-oriented marketing activities in medical institutions. Especially, revisitation and positive word-of-mouth of customers are the most effective marketing methods of consistently obtaining customers and drawing new loyal customers. Hence, the factors influencing the reuse of medical services and word-of-mouth are demonstrated using SERVQUAL, and the results show that the service factors influencing reuse intentions on medical services are assurance, responsiveness, and tangibles and the factors strengthening word-of-mouth are empathy and assurance on the services provided by medical institutions. This study has determined that revistation and word-of-mouth of customers are not only influenced by satisfaction on medical services but by the quality itself as well. Therefore, medical service providers need to pursue standardized strategies in order to enhance the quality of medical services simultaneously in addition to simply increasing the customer satisfaction level.

A Comparative Study on Hospital Accreditation Programme -United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Republic of Korea (주요 국가의 의료기관 신임제도 비교연구 - 미국, 영국, 캐나다, 호주, 한국을 중심으로 -)

  • Shin, Young-Soo;Lee, Sin-Ho;Kim, Su-Kyeong;Lee, Young-Sung
    • Quality Improvement in Health Care
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.66-94
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    • 1994
  • Hospital Accreditation Programme(HAP) has been introduced in many countries in the world for these recent years. This article reviews the HAP in the aspects of the organization, survey and evaluation process, evaluation criteria, and its impact to the hospital quality improvement. The nations included in this study are USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and Korea. To carry out this comparative study, the authors have reviewed articles and accreditation manuals having been issued in many countries. An expert panel of medical doctor, nurse, pharmacist, administrator, and specialist in health facilities formulated a study framework. The results of this study enhance understanding about hospital accreditation activities according to each nation's health care system. In recent years, the Korean government has launched the plan to improve the quality of health services by strengthening the hospital accreditation programme. This study results can provide useful information in development and implementation of the national hospital accreditation programme in Korea.

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