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An Undergraduate Thesis
Presented to the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences
Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation
Lucena City
In Partial Fulfillment
For the degree Bachelor of Science in Public Administration
By
SHERWIN Q. BUHAY
December
2019
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MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
An Autonomous University Page No.: Page 2 of 28
Revision No.: 0
DR. CESAR A. VILLARIBA RESEARCH AND Effectivity Date: August 2017
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE Prepared by: DCAVRKMI
Reviewed by: QMR
QUALITY FORM Approved by: President
This research is aimed at finding out whether or not the customers of the Quezon
Capitol Post Office are satisfied with the services that are provided to them. This
provide a nationwide postal system for the country and its people. This study will
their business at the Quezon Capitol Post office in Lucena City as to the quality of
service do they receive from PHLPost. This study will also try to find out the usual
and common problems and difficulties that are encountered by the customers of
2. Background
Corporation which is mandated by the Republic Act Number 7354 to “plan, develop,
promote and operate a nationwide postal system with a network that extends or
make available, at least ordinary mail service, to any settlement in the country.”Its
2019).
every Filipino community”. This vision is to be realized through its mission which is
2019).
The researcher, being an employee of the Quezon Capitol Post Office would like
to find out if this vision and mission of the office is shared and experienced by the
survey among the customers of PhilPost as to whether or not they are satisfied with
The Philippine Post Office has a long history that spans to over 250 years
beginning in 1767 in the City of Manila. In 1783, the postal service of the country
was organized in the Philippines which overseas mail from the Philippines was
`837, the postal district was re-established and then Manila became the leading
President Emilio Aguinaldo pave the way to the creation and establishment of a
postal service that provided postal services to Filipinos during the war. It was on
September 6, 1902, by virtue of Act No. 426 that this postal service system was
organized as a bureau under the Department of Trade which is now the Department
of Trade and Industry. The Philippines then joined the Universal Postal Union as a
The milestones to which the Philippine postal system underwent through the
years include the following: 1967 – the first post office was established in the City of
Manila; 1926 – the Manila Central Post Office was built in its present neo-classical
architecture; 1943 – during the Japanese occupation, the then Bureau of Posts was
reopened, although the letters were censored; 1948 – the postal service and
the time in Asia where the airmail service was inaugurated in our country ahead of
any other countries in Asia; 1992 – The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost), a
services in the Philippines, was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 7354,
otherwise known as the Postal Service Act of 1992; 2000 – the improved Central
Mail Exchange System (CMEC) is now capable of computerizing and modernizing the
sorting of all incoming and outgoing mail matters handled by PHLPost; and 2004 –
Quezon Capitol Post Office is one of the 1,383 postal stations all over
products and services. The Quezon Capitol Post Office is servicing only Lucena City,
covering its 33 barangays. The Quezon Capitol Post Office has a total of 19
distribution offices and 6 tellers. Each mailman has a minimum delivery of 100
The purpose of this research is to find out whether or not the customers of the
Quezon Capitol Post Office are satisfied with the services that are provided to them.
1) What is the profile of the customers of the Quezon Capitol Post Office in terms of
their:
1.1. age?
1.2. gender?
2) What is the level of satisfaction of the customers regarding the services they
avail from the Quezon Capital Post Office using the SERVQUAL model?
3) What are the usual challenges and issues that customers encounter at the
4) What are the implications of this study in the provision of services by the
quality are concepts that companies must understand fully in order for them to
remain competitive and relevant in their business and so that they can grow. This
service also known as an offering. Customer satisfaction in this light is found to have
satisfaction is something that mediates the effects of service or product quality and
the price of an equity known as the price on loyalty and the repeat purchase of
Disconfirmation theory states that customers compare their new experience on service
with a certain standard that they have developed in them. Their judgement and belief
standards that they have set for themselves(Mill, 2002). Mill (2002) also explains that
according to expectancy-value theory customers often make some judgment about a product,
its benefits, and the likely outcomes of using the product. People will learn to perform
This study follows the theories of Mill (2002) in a sense that the researcher will try
to find out what are the expectations of the customers and compare them with the actual
commonly used key performance indicator that gauges how satisfied are customers with the
products and / or services of a company. This is about measuring the psychological state of
expectations, the company can create strategies that can increase the brand loyalty of this
customers.
This study is similar to that of the Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Theory since the
researcher will also gauge both the expectations and actual service quality that the customers
private corporation for profit or for a public office that provides service to the
general public. The Philippine Post Office aims to provide high quality service to the
general public and such can be measured through customer satisfaction. Customer
satisfaction is the outcome that is felt by customers who have experience the
Angelova and Zeriki(2011) found that customer satisfaction has its positive effect on
positive word of mouth. Their study is aimed at finding out how customers perceive
how customers are satisfied with what services offered by three telecom players in
Macedonia which are the T_Mobile, VIP and ONE. Their study found that the overall
quality that customers perceive are was not satisfactory and that customer
the level of customer service and the quality of such service (Roman and Sawczuk,
2017). The study of Roman and Sawczuk (2017) was aimed at investigating how
logistic customer service improves the relationship between the customers and the
company. Their study found that for their customers, the most important criteria in
choosing their company for logistic services is the price of their services and their
timeliness in delivery. Their study also found that the reasons for customer
dissatisfaction with their services include the issues related to late deliveries or
damaged goods. The solutions that were offered by the customers include reducing
cost of shipping parcel, increasing the number of pick up points, adding staff
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MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
An Autonomous University Page No.: Page 10 of 28
Revision No.: 0
DR. CESAR A. VILLARIBA RESEARCH AND Effectivity Date: August 2017
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE Prepared by: DCAVRKMI
Reviewed by: QMR
QUALITY FORM Approved by: President
training, employing more staff, increasing the safety of the package and working on
Mills (2002), there are 5 sequential steps that are needed in order to address the
issue of customer satisfaction and they are following: (1) identify where or not a
problem exists; (2) manage customer expectations so they are realistic and with
service offering; (3) identify customer needs and expectations of quality service; (4)
develop service quality standards based on customer expectations and (5) re-
evaluate the human resource system to hire, train and motivate employees who are
Index or CSI can provide marketers information about the quality of economic
output, calculation of the present value of their company’s customer based on asset
over time and information on strategic business applications. She further explained
that knowing the customers’ behaviors can help companies build strong marketing
supply of water services at the Southern Regions of Ethiopia. The study showed that
47% of the customers were satisfied with the supply of water where 43% were
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MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
An Autonomous University Page No.: Page 11 of 28
Revision No.: 0
DR. CESAR A. VILLARIBA RESEARCH AND Effectivity Date: August 2017
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Reviewed by: QMR
QUALITY FORM Approved by: President
dissatisfied for various reasons. These reasons include failure to treat and inform
customers properly, expiry of design period, use of low or poor materials, poor
that the employees of the company should be trained in technical matters and on
In the Philippines, many government offices are evaluated based on the level of
customer satisfaction on the quality of their services. Take for example the survey that
was conducted among the clients of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC)
which was conducted between December 15, 2018 and January 11, 2019 by the
Development Academy of the Phlippines (DAP). It was found that PCI has maintained a
high level of satisfaction rating among its clients especially with the staff and
and moving to larger office to address the problem. The process of customer
satisfaction survey in their study involved intercept interview among its respondents.
it was revealed that the primary customers of TansCo were satisfied with the services
that are provided to them. Customers were interviewed face-to-face regarding their
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MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
An Autonomous University Page No.: Page 12 of 28
Revision No.: 0
DR. CESAR A. VILLARIBA RESEARCH AND Effectivity Date: August 2017
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QUALITY FORM Approved by: President
Developers, the Utility Management Department Customers and the National Grid
Corporation of the Philippines. The survey was conducted as part of the 2015-2017
yearly performance evaluation and the survey was commissioned by the Development
This study will likewise conduct a survey regarding the level of customer
satisfaction of the clients of the Philippine Post Office, specifically at the Quezon Capitol
Post Office. However, this study will employ a survey where a questionnaire will be
distributed among the respondents and unlike the interview like surveys that were
mentioned above.
This study aims to gather the evaluation of the customers of the Quezon
Capitol Post Office in order to know the quality of service that is provided by the
office. The findings of this study will help the management and personnel of the
Quezon Capitol Post office to improve its services and so that it can better live up
with its mandate of providing quality service to the general public by providing
The results and finds of this study will be relevant to the following:
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MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
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Management of PHLPost–Since this study is about to know what the customers think
about the services of the Quezon Capitol Office, the management team of the office will
have clear insight of how they are perceived by the clients and they would know what
General Public – The general public is the clientele of the PHLPost and once the
management learns of the quality of service they provide from the perspectives of its
clients, they would improve their services and increase its quality and be of better
Other Researchers – With results of this study, other researchers will have a reference
or a literature that can help them with their own studies in the field of customer service
The following terms have been operationally defined in this study as follow:
entity
interacting with products and /or services provided for by private corporations
Flexibility – The ability to change the already made order in terms of quantity
and ability to adjust the delivery time to the requirements of the buyer.
time.
their causes.
for the mail and courier services and other related services, that are known as
postal services
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Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
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Precision – Proper quality, product, price and delivery of the product with
Reliability – The ability to deliver the ordered goods to the recipient without
delays.
Services – The action of help or doing work for someone to assist the person in
Waiting time – The time from receiving the order to delivering the finished
The study is about getting the evaluation of the customers regarding the
services provided for by the Quezon Capitol Post office. This research will conduct a
survey among the 100 customers of the office and get their opinions regarding the
quality of services of the office. This study will adapt the questionnaire of Crossno, et.
al (2001) where they have surveyed the clients who have used the document delivery
services at three academic libraries at the University of Texas. The instrument that
was used, and that which will be adapted in this study, is the shortened and revised
version of the SERVQUAL instrument. This instrument, although it was shortened for
better use, measures the five distinct dimension of service quality which are tangibles,
The results of this study will be used to help the office of the Quezon Capitol
Based on the details of the results of this study, the researcher will be
able to provide the management team of the Quezon Capitol Post Office on the
strategies that can be used to improve the quality of its services to the people.
The impact of this study will contribute to the attainment and realization of the
mandate of the Philippine Post Office through Republic Act Number 7354 whichis
network that extends or make available, at least ordinary mail service, to any
settlement in the country. ” More specifically, this study can pave the was for
faster delivery system of the services of the Quezon Capitol Post Office. Through
this study, employees of the Quezon Capitol Post Office are expected to improve
Research Design
The purpose of this study is to find out what kind of service does the Provincial
Capitol Post Office is providing to its customers and to the general public. This study will
use descriptive research design where a total of 100 customers of the Quezon Capitol Post
office will be surveyed regarding their perceptions on the quality of services that the office
is providing to them. The results of this study will be collected, tabulated and presented in
Research Instrument
This study will make use of the shortened version of the SERVQUAL service quality
instrument as revised by Crossno, et. al (2001). The use of the instrument is shared by the
authors to the general public as long as proper citation are noted. The shortened version
has lesser number of items which will make it easier for the customers to answer as it will
save time which will at the same time give an accurate result. It will cover the five
dimension of service quality which are the tangibles, reliability, assurance, responsiveness
and empathy. Specifically, the instrument will measure the respondents’ perception as to
the importance to them of the dimensions of service quality and then the respondents will
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MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
An Autonomous University Page No.: Page 18 of 28
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also be asked as to their perception on the actual performance of the Quezon Capitol Post
This study will be conducted at the premises of the Quezon Capitol Post Office where
the researcher is currently employed. 100 clients of the office will be randomly selected
and approached by the researcher because this is the average of people who go the office is
50 per day and collecting date for 100 clients in few days would be the most feasible
sample size of this study. The researcher will ask them to participate in the survey by
answering the questionnaire. The researcher will explain to them there will be
confidentiality as regards their identity and that the answers they will provide will help the
3.2 Respondents
The respondents of this study will be the customers of the Quezon Capitol Post
Office who are availing of the office’s various services on courier. These services include
mail services, logistics and warehousing, postal payment services, retail services, postal ID,
The researcher will use the simple random sampling in surveying 100 customers of
the Quezon Capitol Post office regarding their perceptions on the quality of service that is
provided to them by the office. The researcher will conduct this surveying activity for a
period of one week to ensure that he gets the 100 customers answer the questionnaire.
The data or responses of customers will then be collected, collated and tabulated for
proper analysis. Those data will then be analyzed and interpreted so that proper
The study will be conducted in Lucena City were the Quezon Provincial Post Office is
located. The office is where the venue of the survey will be conducted. It is expected that
the general public of Lucena City and the province of Quezon will participate in this study if
they visit the office for any business transactions at the time of the survey.
The researcher of this study will use statistical treatments in analyzing the
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In order to determine the level of service quality of the Quezon Capitol Post
In Figure 1, the research paradigm that will be used in this study is illustrated.
The input variables include profile of the respondents as regards their age, gender,
Profile of the
Respondents:
1. Age
2. Gender
3. Marital Status
4. Family Income Data Gathering
5. Educational Recommendations for
Background Statistical Treatment improvement of
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the respondents on the
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MANUEL S. ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Lucena City Document Title: Undergraduate Research Proposal Form
An Autonomous University Page No.: Page 24 of 28
Revision No.: 0
DR. CESAR A. VILLARIBA RESEARCH AND Effectivity Date: August 2017
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE Prepared by: DCAVRKMI
Reviewed by: QMR
QUALITY FORM Approved by: President
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
WORK EXPERIENCE :
Merchandiser
Research Instrument
I would like ask for your participation in this simple survey to know your opinions
about the services that you avail at the Quezon Capitol Post Office. Thank you very much
for your cooperation.
Sherwin Q. Buhay
Marital Status:
______ Single
______ Married
______ Widow / Widower
______ Separated
Family Income