An Investigation Of The Effectiveness Of Cost Cutting Measures In The Tourism And Hospitality Business. Case Of The Victoria Falls Hotel

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research was to come up with a solution to problems that were

being faced at the ZESA I.T department with regards to the way users report issues to

the helpdesk and how support officers respond to these issues. ZESA I.T Support

Ticket Management System is a web-based automated computer system that sets

smart rules to prioritize and automatically assign support tickets to support officers

and administrators. The end users or customers submit tickets regarding their issues to

the intended helpdesk department which is automatically assigned to a helpdesk agent

who then works on the issue until it is resolved and replies the resolved issue to the

end user. Its major thrust is to provide a simple and easy platform to serve end users

faster with help desk automation that automates repetitive tasks using smart help desk

workflows. The system will eliminate the current problems that are being faced by the

current system were users get responses from the I.T department late regarding their

issues. ZESA uses quite a number of applications that need to be supported when

users face difficulties and they are different support officers who specialize in those

applications. The system was developed to address the weaknesses of the old system.

MYSQL, MAMP, Sublime Text Editor php, css, java scripts and Microsoft word

2011 are the instruments that were used in the development of the new system.