Employees Roles Flashcards
service culture
a culture where an appreciation for good service exsists, and where giving good service to internal, as well as external customers is concidered a natural way in life and one of the most important norms by everyone - competitive advantage
Corporate culture
the pattern of shared values and beliefs that give the members of an organization meaning, rules for behavior in the organization
culture
the way we want to do things around here
Critical importance of service employees
-they are the service
-they are org. in the customers eye
-they are the brands
-they are the marketers
-importance in:
1. service marketing mix
2. service profit chain
3. services triangle
internal marketing
“enabling the promise”
-recruit, train, motivate, reward, tools to help
external marketing
“making the promise”
- whats to be delivered
interactive marketing
“delivering the promise”
- promises kept or broken
making promises (external marketting)
-understand customer needs
-manage expectations
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Keeping or delivering promises (interactive marketing)
-service delivery (SERVQUAL)
-face to face, telephone, online interaction
-customer expereince
- interaction with subcontractors/ business partners
- the moment of truth
enabling promises (internal marketing)
-hire right people
-train, develop people
-employee empowerment
-support systems
-appropriate tech and equipment
-rewards and incentives
Strategies for delivering service quality through people
Hire right people
develop people to deliver service quality
provide support systems
retain the best people
Hire the right people
-compete for the best employees
-hire for service competencies and service inclination
Develop people to delivery service quality
-train technical, interactive skills
-empower employees
-promote teamwork
provide support systems
-measure internal service quality
-provide supportive tech and equipment
-develop internal processes
retain the best people
-include employees in company vision
-treat employees as customers
-measure, reward strong service performance