Otis was the leader in the sales and service markets. The sales market was cyclical and the service market was stable. In 1981‚ North American Operations‚ Otis’ second largest division‚ investigated the feasibility of using IT to establish a centralized customer service department to accept customer requests for maintenance during non-prime-time hours‚ for which Otis was earlier using a commercial answering service. Customers assessed the quality of the service offering based on Otis’ responsiveness
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Organisation: Which organisation(s) are you basing your answers to this assessment on? If you are currently working‚ you may wish to base it on the organisation which employs you. Arthur Andersen‚ Advertising agency HBM Can you provide a brief description of this organisation? (Please note you will not be marked on this; it is simply to provide your tutor with a brief outline.) Arthur Andersen is one of the worlds largest professional audit and financial service company. Advertising agency HBM was a medium
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pure-play Internet retailers. Take a position on this conjecture and defend your position. Is there anything to learn from the profitability and sales growth chart in Figure 3.5 (pg. 74) in this regard? There is plenty to learn from the profitability and sales growth chart. To have a successful business you must have profitable sales. Increasing sales does not mean lowering the price‚ it means explaining the value that the customer is receiving for their investment. 2 Consider Figure 3.5 (pg.74) and
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clearly. The second recommendation was not to force administrators to rate at least their secretaries as less than excellent. The recommendations were good and made sense but they created problems that made him began wondering what should be the basis of performance appraisal. 1. Do you think that the experts’ recommendations will be sufficient to get most of the administrators to fill out the rating forms properly? Why? Why not? What additional actions (if any) do you think will be necessary? No
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Characteristics of customer service Bitner‚ Fisk and Brown (1993) suggest that the major output from the services marketing literature up to 1980 was the delineation of four services characteristics: intangibility‚ inseparability‚ heterogeneity and perishability. These characteristics underpinned the case for services marketing and made services a field of marketing that was distinct from the marketing of products. The literature highlights intangibility as one of the key characteristics of services. Regan
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Excellence in customer service is the objective of all organisations wishing to be successful. However‚ there is often a gap between customer expectations and management perceptions of customer expectations. Organisations often fail to get close to their customers and correctly read their expectations. Customers expect certain things when they walk into a business‚ and those with the highest level of service will know how to identify those expectations and meet them to the customer’s satisfaction
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CUSTOMER SERVICE Submitted by Florentina Mihaela Badea ID Number: 21056 TABLE OF CONTENTS : 1) Customer Service Policy...................................................................... 2) Reasons for Customer Service Policy............................................... 3) Conclusion......................................................
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1. List the top three to five highest priorities of your job as you understand them. 1. Customer service 2. Accurate repair order write ups 3. Selling service and accessories‚ up selling. | | |2. List what you consider to be your greatest strengths or accomplishments this year. | |
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emeraldinsight.com/0960-4529.htm Customers’ expectations of service in Greek fitness centers Gender‚ age‚ type of sport center‚ and motivation differences Yanni Afthinos University of Athens‚ Athens‚ Greece Expectations of service in Greek fitness centers 245 Nicholas D. Theodorakis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki‚ Thessaloniki‚ Greece‚ and Pantelis Nassis University of Athens‚ Athens‚ Greece Abstract Purpose – Aims to identify the aspects of service delivery deemed most important
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Courtesy and Customer Service For the Health Care Professional Self-Learning Packet Introduction As we are all aware‚ HCMC has experienced significant change on a first hand level over the last year. The pressures of health care reform and finance have changed the course of health care forever. The health care industry has become increasingly competitive. We need to do all we can to meet or exceed the expectations of our customers to compete in this market. Several initiatives are underway that assist
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