Abstract

BOND-BARNARD, T.J.  and  STEYN, H.. The programme benefits of improving project team communication through a contact centre. S. Afr. J. Ind. Eng. [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.2, pp.127-139. ISSN 2224-7890.

A South African national programme to repair government infrastructure uses a contact centre (or call centre) to facilitate and manage communication. An important question is: How does the contact centre benefit the programme and its projects? This study discusses the findings of a survey that quantified the benefits of the programme when the communication between team members in the programme was improved by using a contact centre. The results show that, by using a contact centre to improve the communication between project team members, their perception of communication effectiveness, quality of project deliverables, service delivery, and customer satisfaction of the programme dramatically increases.

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