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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many positive and negative customer service experiences. Customer service (ch.1 pg. 6) can be defined as “The ability of knowledgeable‚ capable‚ and enthusiastic employees to deliver products and services to their internal and external customers in a matter that satisfies identified and unidentified needs.” In other words‚ it is the ability of a company and its employees to supply their customers’ wants and needs. Some organizations have well developed customer services departments‚ while other are
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Detailed explanation of the principles of customer service Principles of good customer service is very important to give excellent customer service and to make the customer want to return the importance of customer service is to ensure the needs and wants of customers are met by the organisation‚ meeting customer expectations and ensuring satisfaction. Customer service aims to provide support and the best experience to a customer through actions that are taken by the seller. This includes actions
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COMPLAINT HANDLING Complaints 1. What causes people to complain? Why they don’t complain? Why do complaints occur? Complaints occur due to: - ← Delay ← Bad product ← Bad service ← Wrong/Incomplete Information ← A promise that is not kept 2. Why complaints need to be handled? ← Increase brand loyalty ← Improve on quality ← To gain an edge over the competitor ← To retain customers ← To stop unsatisfied customer from spreading bad word of mouth ← To strengthen the buyer-seller
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THIRTEEN CUSTOMER SERVICE FACTS BY: Michael A. Aun‚ CSP‚ CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame Reference - http://www.nsacentralflorida.com/Articles/Thirteencsfacts.pdf Thirteen Customer Service Facts. Fact Number One Dissatisfied customers tell an average of ten other people about their bad experience. Twelve percent tell up to twenty people. In very simple terms‚ bad news spreads rather quickly. Don’t think for a moment that your poor performance in servicing your client goes unnoticed. Not only
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UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE NAME: SOKO TINASHE COURSE: SERVICES MARKETING ASSIGNMENT: "Gaps at any point in service delivery and design damage relationships with customers." Parasurama (1988)‚ Ziethmal (1990). In cite of this statement what gaps can occur in service quality and how can service marketing reduce them? (25) Knowing what customers expect is the first and possibly the most critical step in delivering service quality (Kotler 2000). Ziethmal et al (1988) propounds that the central
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................................................3 • Service and Technology • Service Quality • Service Middleman • Service Management • Service Design & Blueprint • Service Development Issues • New service development.....................................................................................4 • Security and Safety issues....................................................................................5 • Service Innovation...........................................
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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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Minitex CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. It is a strategy used to learn more about customers ’ needs and behaviors in order to develop stronger relationships with them. It plays an important role in understanding customer’s needs by gathering the information about the customers that helps in marketing and selling the company’s products. With an effective Customer Relationship Management strategy‚ an organization can increase revenues by providing better services and selling products
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Marks：_______/100 Title Service Delivery of Non-governmental Organizations: The Case of Emergency Response of CARE to Haiti Earthquake Abstract: In this case study‚ the author will give a review on the service delivery of CARE in Haiti after the earthquake happened in January‚ 2010. Through the case study‚ the services delivered by CARE are presented. By analyzing the case‚ we can know much better on how NGOs carry out the service delivery in a specific area and what the results are
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