dc.description.abstract | Case Company C is a multinational high tech manufacturer. Company C has an information systems department in charge of all IT services in the company, providing various services for many users. The motivation of this research is to find out ways to systematically improve its operation and service efficiency.
This study is a planning endeavor attempting to derive at a good and efficient solution for Company C, based on an examination of the current operations of the IT service desk, identify and analyze the problems, and evaluate the performance indicators. The infrastructure of customer services have witnessed vast improvements in recent years, forming solid foundations for various applications, and getting more and more mature. To this end, the ITIL framework can be a good reference for enterprise IT management.
Since operational improvement is the goal of this study, we wish to generate a practical plan, implement the plan and evaluate the effectiveness of the action. Hence, the action research perspective was adopted as the research method. By observing current IT operations of Company C, we analyze the related personnel, process and technology, and propose ways for improvements based on the ITIL concepts. These include reengineering the operations processing inbound calls, and establishing self-services, such that the services can be more rational and efficient. After the solution was proposed, we made recommendation for the service desk that it should find the CSF and KPI according to the organizational goal, for future evaluation of the operations.
The conclusions of this study is listed as follows: ITIL is helpful in the design of the integration of the service desk operation processes, functions of CTI can assist the service desk structure improvement and that the IT department should take self-service as a viable alternative service in future development.
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