Author

  • Wusheng Zhang

    • School of Management and Information Systems, Footscray Park Campus, Victoria University, Australia
    • Australia

  • Mikyung Kim

    • School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Australia
    • Australia

Abstract

Research into the effectiveness of customer complaint management has attracted researchers, yet there has been little discussion on customer complaint management in the context of systematic knowledge management approach particularly in the domain of hotel industry. This paper aims to address such gap through the application of object-oriented theory for which the notation of unified modelling language has been adopted for the representation of the concepts, objects, relationships and vocabularies in the domain. The paper used data from forty seven hotel management staff and academics in hospitality management to investigate lessons learned and best practices in customer complaint management and knowledge management. By providing insights into the potential of a knowledge management approach using object oriented theory, this study advances our understanding on how a knowledge management approach can systematically support the management of hotel customer complaints.

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Zhang, W., & Kim, M. (2010). A Systematic Knowledge Management Approach Using Object-Oriented Theory in Customer Complaint Management. Information Management and Business Review, 1(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v1i1.866

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