Services Management Flashcards

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Inadequate Marketing Research Orientation

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Provider Gap 1: Not Knowing what customers expect

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2
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inadequate use of marketing research

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Provider Gap 1: Not Knowing what customer expect

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3
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insufficient relationship focus

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Provider Gap 1: Not knowing what customers expect

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4
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lack of upward communication

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Provider Gap 1: Not Knowing what customers expect

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5
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Lack of relationship marketing

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Provider Gap 1: Not knowing what customers expect

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6
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Poor service Design

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Provider Gap 2: Not selecting the right quality Design and Standards

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7
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Absence of customer-driven standards

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Provider gap 2: Not selecting the right quality design and standards

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8
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Inappropriate physical evidence and service shape

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Provider gap 2: not selecting the right quality design and standards

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9
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Deficiencies in HR policies

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Provider gap 3: not delivering the service design and standards

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10
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Customers who do not fulfill their roles

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Provider gap 3: not delivering the service design and standards

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11
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problems with service intermediaries

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Provider gap 3: not delivering the service design and standards

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12
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Failure to match supply and demand

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Provider gap 3: not delivering the service design and standards

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13
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Inadequate service recovery

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Provider Gap 3: not delivering the service design and standards

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14
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Lack of integrated marketing communications

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Provider Gap 4: not matching performance to promises

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15
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Ineffective management of customer expectations

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Provider Gap 4: not matching performance to promises

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16
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over-promising

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Provider Gap 4: not matching performance to promises

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17
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Inadequate horizontal communication

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Provider Gap 4: not matching performance to promises

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18
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transactional expectations

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Looking for a solution for an acceptable price

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19
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Active relation expectation

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looking for opportunities to interact with the company for additional value

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20
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passive relation expectation

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looking for knowledge that they could easily contact the service provider if needed

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21
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(Customer Pyramid) Plat tier

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Most profitable customers, heavy users of the product, and not overly price-sensitive

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22
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(Customer Pyramid) Gold tier

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Profitability is not as high, and are more price-sensitive and not as loyal

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23
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(Customer Pyramid) Iron tier

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Essential to the firm to provide the volume to utilize firm’s capacity, but spending, loyalty, and profitability are not enough for special treatment

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24
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(Customer Pyramid) Lead tier

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Cost the company money, demand lots of attention

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25
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Providing a Platform for innovation

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Benefit of blue printing

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26
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Recognizing roles among functions, people and organizations

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benefits of blue printing

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27
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facilitating both strategic and tactical innovations

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benefits of blue printing

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28
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transferring and storing innovation and service knowledge

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benefits of blueprinting

29
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designing moments of truth from customer’s point of view

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benefits of blueprinting

30
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suggesting critical points for measurement and feedback in service process

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benefits of blueprinting

31
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clarifying competitive positioning

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benefits of blueprinting

32
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understanding the ideal customer experience

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benefits of blueprinting

33
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(1) Building a service blueprint

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identify the process to be blueprinted

34
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(2) Building a service blueprint

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identify the customer (segment

35
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(3) building a service blueprint

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Map the process from customers’ viewpoint

36
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(4) building a service blueprint

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map contact employees’ actions on stage and backstage and technological actions

37
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(5) building a service blueprint

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link contact activities to needed support functions

38
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(6) building a service blueprint

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add evidence at service at each customer step

39
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Service recovery dimension 1

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Responsiveness: the ability of e-tailer to provide appropriate information to customers when a problem occurs, to have mechanisms for handling returns, and to provide online guarantees

40
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Service recovery dimension 2

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Compensation: the degree to which customers are to receive money lack and are reimbursed for shipping and handling costs

41
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Service recovery dimension 3

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contact: the availability of live customer service agents online or by telephone

42
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Services category 1

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services directed at people’s bodies (Transport, healthcare, spa)

43
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Services Category 2

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Services directed at people’s tangible possessions (Car repair)

44
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Services category 3

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Services directed at people’s minds (Education, entertainment, psychotherapy)

45
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Services category 4

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Services directed at people’s intangible possessions(Banking, insurance, accountancy)

46
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Evaluation processes between goods and services 1

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search qualities: Attributes a consumer can determine before purchasing a product

47
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Evaluation processes between goods and services 2

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Experience qualities: Attributes that are found out after of purchase (Vacations, Restaurants)

48
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Evaluation processes between goods and services 3

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Credence qualities: attributes that may be impossible to evaluate because of insufficient knowledge (Brake replacements, medical diagnoses)

49
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Service encounter 1

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Remote encounters: ATM system, car park management company, ordering at a retailer’s website

50
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Service encounter 2

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telephone encounters: tone of voice, employee knowledge and effectiveness/ efficiency in handling customer issues are important

51
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Service encounter 3

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Face-to-face encounters: food and beverage servers, interaction with salespeople, and delivery personnel.

52
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Service encounter theme 1

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Recovery: a failure of service is delivered, and someone is required to respond.

53
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Service encounter theme 2

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Adaptability: how adaptable is the service provider towards special needs or requests

54
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Service encounter theme 3

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Spontaneity: satisfying incidents in this case can be special attention or receiving something nice but not requested

55
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Service encounter theme 4

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Coping: when the customer is unwilling to cooperate, there is nothing the employee can do that leads to a satisfied customer.

56
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Service characteristics 1

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Intangible

57
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Service characteristics 2

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heterogeneous

58
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Service Characteristics 3

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Inseparability

59
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service characteristics 4

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perishable

60
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Service quality 1

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Reliability

61
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Service quality 2

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responsiveness

62
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Service quality 3

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Assurance

63
Q

Service quality 4

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Empathy

64
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Service quality 5

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tangibles

65
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Identifies the organizations service needs

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initiator

66
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collects and controls information about the purchase

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gatekeeper

67
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determines what service to purchase

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decider

68
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physically acquires the service

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buyer

69
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