Download or read book Service Management written by Richard Normann and published by . This book was released on 1991-05-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the special characteristics that make services and the management of service organizations successful. Provides a comprehensive framework for service oriented businesses that stresses a streamlined service management system, the key components of which are market segment, service concept, service delivery system, image, and culture. Growth strategies and the nature of innovation are analyzed and amply illustrated. The role and principles of good leadership in service organizations form a crucial area of discourse. Topics such as the use of image and culture as management instruments, effective and persuasive communications, and ``high social technology'' are also explored.
Download or read book Strategic Customer Service written by John A. GOODMAN and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The success of any organization depends on high-quality customer service. But for companies that strategically align customer service with their overall corporate strategy, it can transcend typical good business to become a profitable word-of-mouth machine that will transform the bottom line. Drawing on over thirty years of research for companies such as 3M, American Express, Chik-Fil-A, USAA, Coca-Cola, FedEx, GE, Cisco Systems, Neiman Marcus, and Toyota, author Goodman uses formal research, case studies, and patented practices to show readers how they can: • calculate the financial impact of good and bad customer service • make the financial case for customer service improvements • systematically identify the causes of problems • align customer service with their brand • harness customer service strategy into their organization's culture and behavior Filled with proven strategies and eye-opening case studies, this book challenges many aspects of conventional wisdom—using hard data—and reveals how any organization can earn more loyalty, win more customers...and improve their financial bottom line.
Download or read book Strategic Management of Professional Service Firms written by Stephan Kaiser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing strategies for professional service firms is an important and complex activity. The main issues in this book cover the core management principles for service firms in a comprehensive way. Based on current research findings it includes the management of service quality, knowledge and marketing as well as people, organizational and strategic issues. In understanding critical resources managers and partners will be able to effectively develop and exploit them. The book contains practical advice and offers a profound insight into the managerial excellence of service companies.
Download or read book Service Management written by James A. Fitzsimmons and published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 2004 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Management in Public Services Organizations written by Ewan Ferlie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Management in Public Services Organizations sets out to connect the two traditionally disparate academic literatures of public management and strategic management. The authors argue that some models of strategic management are now of enhanced relevance for contemporary public services organizations, especially when considering successive New Public Management reforms. This observation has important consequences for the requisite work practices, skills and knowledge bases of current public managers, as they are increasingly being asked to act as strategic as well as operational managers. Strategic Management in Public Services Organizations takes a strongly comparative and international perspective in addressing the fundamental issue of strategic management within diverse public administrative traditions. The impact of strategic management on the performance of public agencies is examined and it is argued that the appropriate use of strategic management models depends on the politico-administrative and cultural contexts of the public services organization in question, concluding that there is no single best way to strategically lead public organisations. This is an advanced textbook aimed at the postgraduate level, particularly students on MPAs and MBAs with a public sector option or MScs in Public Policy and Public Management.
Download or read book CMMI for Services written by Eileen Forrester and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 1360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMMI® for Services (CMMI-SVC) is a comprehensive set of guidelines to help organizations establish and improve processes for delivering services. By adapting and extending proven standards and best practices to reflect the unique challenges faced in service industries, CMMI-SVC offers providers a practical and focused framework for achieving higher levels of service quality, controlling costs, improving schedules, and ensuring user satisfaction. A member of the newest CMMI model, CMMI-SVC Version 1.3, reflects changes to the model made for all constellations, including clarifications of high-maturity practices, alignment of the sixteen core process areas, and improvements in the SCAMPI appraisal method. The indispensable CMMI® for Services, Second Edition, is both an introduction to the CMMI-SVC model and an authoritative reference for it. The contents include the complete model itself, formatted for quick reference. In addition, the book’s authors have refined the model’s introductory chapters; provided marginal notes to clarify the nature of particular process areas and to show why their practices are valuable; and inserted longer sidebars to explain important concepts. Brief essays by people with experience in different application areas further illustrate how the model works in practice and what benefits it offers. The book is divided into three parts. Part One begins by thoroughly explaining CMMI-SVC, its concepts, and its use. The authors provide robust information about service concepts, including a discussion of lifecycles in service environments; outline how to start using CMMI-SVC; explore how to achieve process improvements that last; and offer insights into the relationships among process areas. Part Two describes generic goals and practices, and then details the complete set of twenty-four CMMI-SVC process areas, including specific goals, specific practices, and examples. The process areas are organized alphabetically by acronym and are tabbed for easy reference. Part Three contains several useful resources, including CMMI-SVC-related references, acronym definitions, a glossary of terms, and an index. Whether you are new to CMMI models or are already familiar with one or more of them, this book is an essential resource for service providers interested in learning about or implementing process improvement.
Download or read book ITIL Service Strategy written by Great Britain. Cabinet Office and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2011 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides updated guidance on how to design, develop and implement service management both as an organisational capability and a strategic asset. It is a guide to a strategic review of ITIL-based service management capabilities, with the aim of improving their alignment with overall business needs. It is written primarily for senior managers who provide leadership and direction in the form of objectives, plans and policies. It is also benefits mangers at other levels, by explaining the logic of senior management decisions.
Download or read book Strategic Marketing Management and Tactics in the Service Industry written by Sood, Tulika and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Customer satisfaction is a critical factor to the potential success or failure of a business. By implementing the latest marketing strategies, organizations can better withstand the competitive market. Strategic Marketing Management and Tactics in the Service Industry is an essential reference publication that features the latest scholarly research on service strategies for competitive advantage across industries. Covering a broad range of topics and perspectives such as customer satisfaction, healthcare service, and microfinance, this book is ideally designed for students, academics, practitioners, and professionals seeking current research on best practices to build rapport with customers.
Download or read book Strategic Service Management written by Denis Boyle and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Service Management is a new approach for competitive success which embraces the major developments in service management thinking over the 1980s. In this volume case studies from a wide variety of industries, both in the private and public sector, focus on the main areas of this approach: creating competitive strategies for a service oriented business; and the process of successful and accelerated strategy implementation. The authors provide valuable ideas and techniques for the service business aiming for market leadership and profit growth, and for all companies where adding value with service and motivating employees towards business goals is vital. This is the 7th volume in the Best of Long Range Planning series which brings together the best articles on a particular topic from the Long Range Planning journal so that readers wishing to study a specific aspect of planning can find an authoritative and comprehensive view of the subject, conveniently published in one volume.
Download or read book ITIL 2011 At a Glance written by John O. Long and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "ITIL® 2011 At a Glance" is an important update to the internationally-recognized ITIL® best practices for IT Service Management. "ITIL® 2011 At a Glance" provides graphical and textual memory joggers for the primary concepts of those best practices. IT organizations worldwide are implementing ITIL® as a vehicle for improving IT service quality and improve return on investment for IT services. This book is an update based on the ITIL 2011 Update. The desk reference’s unique graphical approach will take otherwise complex textual descriptions and make the information accessible in a series of consistent, simple diagrams. "ITIL® 2011 At a Glance" will be of interest to organizations looking to train their staffs in a consistent and cost-effective way. Further, this book is ideal for anyone involved in planning consulting, implementing, or testing an ITIL® implementation.
Download or read book Strategic Management of Professional Service Firms written by Bente Løwendahl and published by . This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Service strategy written by Great Britain. Office of Government Commerce and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-05-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management, Computers, Computer networks, Information exchange, Data processing, IT and Information Management: IT Service Management
Download or read book Strategic Service Management the Ultimate Step By Step Guide written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has the Strategic service management work been fairly and/or equitably divided and delegated among team members who are qualified and capable to perform the work? Has everyone contributed? How do we Lead with Strategic service management in Mind? Which individuals, teams or departments will be involved in Strategic service management? At what point will vulnerability assessments be performed once Strategic service management is put into production (e.g., ongoing Risk Management after implementation)? How would one define Strategic service management leadership? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Strategic service management investments work better. This Strategic service management All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Strategic service management Self-Assessment. Featuring 710 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Strategic service management improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Strategic service management projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Strategic service management and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Strategic service management Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Strategic service management areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Strategic service management self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Download or read book Service Leadership written by Svafa Gronfeldt and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework as well as practical strategies—not just for survival but for a true search for excellence in the uncertain and ever-changing world of customer service management. The theoretical framework is based on the notion that customer service contains three key variables: a promise, a process, and people. After going through the step-by-step process of service management, the reader will have the necessary understanding and skill to choose the right strategy for the right circumstances, to design service processes, to identify the means and methods to implement these processes, and to measure the outcome. Key Features: Shares insight from CEO′s on how service leaders think, strategize, and apply tools of the trade to achieve their objectives Relates chapter content to real world challenges faced by corporations Includes a discussion on both quantitative and qualitative methods in a service context Conceptualizes the new paradigm of service leadership and the development of a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic Provides an Instructor′s Manual on CD containing an outline of the text with teaching points, PowerPoint slides for every chapter, a test bank, answers to end-of-chapter questions, and sample syllabi Service Leadership: The Quest for Competitive Advantage provides an accessible application of theory suitable for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Service Management, Service Marketing, Customer Service, Human Resource Management, and Leadership.
Download or read book Strategic Service Management written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How frequently do you track Strategic service management measures? What are the long-term Strategic service management goals? How do we accomplish our long range Strategic service management goals? Do you monitor the effectiveness of your Strategic service management activities? In a project to restructure Strategic service management outcomes, which stakeholders would you involve? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Strategic service management investments work better. This Strategic service management All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Strategic service management Self-Assessment. Featuring 710 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Strategic service management improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Strategic service management projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Strategic service management and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Strategic service management Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Strategic service management areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Strategic service management self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Download or read book Strategic Service Management written by Bettie M.J. Goud and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Services comprise about 70% of the BNP in most Western societies. Services surround us each and every day and include such sectors as medical, IT, financial, travel, telecommunication and educational. This book is about services and has been written for service managers and practitioners as well as students who aim to move into those areas. The book outlines the fundamental issues of service and service management - offering support by discussing some twenty different business administration models. Real-world examples from both non-profit and for-profit sectors are used throughout the book as well as "what to do" summaries. This text provides an excellent introduction to service management for students of marketing, economics, business administration, hospitality management and other courses.
Download or read book Service Management written by Jay Kandampully and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-09 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Great retailers are great at service. No exceptions. This book offers a wealth of insight into delivering excellent retail service.” ---Leonard L. Berry, Distinguished Professor of Marketing, N.B Zale Chair in Retailing and Market Leadership, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University "With a growing understanding of service as a phenomenon and perspective of business and marketing, retailers are increasingly seeing the need to transform from distribution of products to service providers. This book includes considerable insight regarding the importance of the service perspective and how it can be implemented in retailing." --Christian Grönroos, Professor of Service and Relationship Marketing, CERS Centre for Relationship Marketing and Service Management, Hanken School of Economics, Finland "Consisting of chapters written by leading scholars in service management and retailing from around the world, this comprehensive book offers rich insights for how retailers can excel and achieve sustainable competitive advantage by invoking and implementing service management principles. This enlightening book is a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in retailing." --A. "Parsu" Parasuraman, Professor of Marketing & The James W. McLamore Chair, School of Business Administration, University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida "Service excellence and service innovation are critical for success in today’s competitive retail marketplace. Service Management: The New Paradigm in Retailing provides a contemporary and transformative lens for accomplishing these essential goals." --Mary Jo Bitner, Professor, Director Center for Services Leadership, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
