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SM Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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THE THREE-STAGE MODEL OF SERVICE CONSUMPTION

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I. PRE-PURCHASE STAGE
II. SERVICE ENCOUNTER STAGE
III. POST-ENCOUNTER STAGE

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I. PRE-PURCHASE STAGE

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1.Need awareness
2.Information search
3.Evaluation of alternatives

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the beginning of the pre-purchase stage

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Need Awareness

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Needs may be triggered by:

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People’s unconscious minds
 Physical conditions
 External sources

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happens once a need has been recognized, and
customers are motivated to search for solutions to satisfy that need.

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Information Search

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several alternatives that come and form in our mind can be
derived from past experiences or external sources

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Evoked Set

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a narrowed down few alternatives to seriously consider.

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Consideration Set

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During the search process, consumers also learn about service
attributes they should consider and form expectations of how firms in the
consideration set perform on those attribute

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Information Search

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holds that consumers use service attributes that are
important in evaluating and comparing alternative offerings in their
consideration set

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multi-attrubute model

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Understanding this helps managers to cement the strengths of the
firm’s services and to focus improvement efforts on where it matters most

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multi-attribute model

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TWO COMMON DECISION
RULES TO DECIDE

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Linear compensatory rule and Conjunctive rule

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12
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This is
done by multiplying the score for the dry
cleaner on each attribute by the importance
weight. The scores are then added up.

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Linear compensatory rule

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13
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the consumer will decide
based on the total overall score in conjunction
with minimum performance levels on one or
several attributes.

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Conjunctive rule

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EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE
SERVICE ATTRIBUTES

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1.Search attributes
2.Experience attributes
3.Credence Attributes

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• they are tangible characteristics that
customers can evaluate before
purchase.
• It helps the customers evaluate
the product before purchase.

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Search attributes

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they cannot be
evaluated before purchase. Customers must
“experience” the service before they can assess
attributes such as reliability, ease-of use, and
customer support.

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Experience attributes

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• are characteristics that customers
find hard to evaluate even after
consumption.
• Here, the customer is forced to
believe or trust that certain tasks
have been performed at the
promised level of quality.

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refers to the customer’s perception of the risks associated
with any purchase.

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Perceived Risk

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are formed during the search and decision-making process,
through a customer’s search and evaluation of information and alternatives.

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Expectations

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COMPONENTS OF SERVICE
EXPECTATIONS

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Desired service
Adequate service
Predicted service
Zone of tolerance

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21
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• The type of service customers hope to receive is termed
desired service. • It’s a “wished for” level — a combination of what customers
believe can and should be delivered in the context of their personal needs.

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Desired service.

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The minimum level of service customers will accept
without being dissatisfied.

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Adequate service.

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23
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This is the level of service that customers actually
anticipate to receive. Predicted service can also be affected by service
provider promises word-of-mouth, and past experience.

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Predicted service.

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The extent to which customers are willing to accept this
variation

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Zone of tolerance

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25
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the outcome of the pre-purchase stage based largely on
expectations of the likely performance of a service based on important attributes
and associated risk perceptions.

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Purchase Decision

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when the customer interacts directly with
the service firm. Number of models and frameworks to better understand the
consumers’ behavior and experience during the service encounter

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the service encounter stage

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It is where the perceived quality is
realized.

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Moment of Truth

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When the service provider and the
service customer confront one
another.

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Moment of Truth

29
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It is when the relationship between
the customer and the firm is at
stake.

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Moment of Truth

30
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LEVELS OF CUSTOMER
CONTACT WITH SERVICE FIRMS

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High-Contact Services and Low-Contact Services

31
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means there is direct contact between customers and the
firm throughout the entire service delivery.

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High-Contact Services

32
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involve little, physical contact if any, between
customers and service providers. Instead, contact takes place at arm’s
length through electronic or physical distribution channels.

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Low-Contact Services

33
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shows all the
interactions that together make up a
typical customer experience in a high-
contact service

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Servuction System

34
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combination of service
and production coined by French
researchers Pierre Eiglier and Eric
Langeard

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Servuction

35
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servuction system consists of the following:

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Technical core and Service delivery system

36
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where inputs are processed and the elements of the
service product are created. Is typically back-stage and
invisible to the customer.

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Technical Core

37
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where the final “assembly” takes place and the
product is delivered to the customer.

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service delivery system

38
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This subsystem includes the visible part
of the service operations system — buildings, equipment, and personnel —
and possibly other customers

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service delivery system

39
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can be used as a metaphor for service delivery, and firms can view
their service as “staging” a performance with props and actors, and manage
them accordingly.

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theater

40
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THEATER AS METAPHOR FOR
SERVICE DELIVERY

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1.Service facilities
2.Personnel
3.Role Theory
4. Script Theory

41
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Imagine service facilities as containing the stage on which the drama unfolds.

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Service facilities

42
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The front-stage personnel are
like the members of a cast playing roles as
actors in a drama supported by a back-stage
production team.

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Personnel.

43
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expected to wear special costumes when on
stage (such as the fanciful uniforms often
worn by hotel doormen (or the more basic
brown uniforms worn by UPS drivers).

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service personnel

44
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is a set of behavior patterns learned through experience and
communication, to be performed by an individual in a certain social
interaction in order to attain maximum effectiveness in goal accomplishment.

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Role

45
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have also been defined as combinations of social cues or
expectations of society that guide behavior in a specific setting or context

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Roles

46
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specifies the sequences of
behavior employees and customers are expected to learn and follow during
service delivery.

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service script

47
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last stage of service consumption is the which
involves consumers’ attitudinal and behavioral responses to the service
experience.

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post-encounter stage

48
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customers evaluate the service performance
and compare it to their prior expectations

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post-encounter stage

49
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is a judgment following a series
of consumer product interactions

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satisfaction

50
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If performance perceptions are worse than expected,
it is called ____________

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negative disconfirmation.

51
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If performance is better than expected, it is called
__________________

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positive disconfirmation.

52
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If it is as expected, then it is simply called
______________

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confirmation of expectations

53
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CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
VERSUS SERVICE QUALITY

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•Excellent service quality
•Customer satisfaction
•Service quality

54
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defined as a high
standard of performance that consistently meets or
exceeds customer expectations.

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Excellent service quality

55
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which is transaction-
specific and refers to a single service experience.

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Customer satisfaction

56
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refers to relatively stable attitudes
and beliefs about a firm.

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Service quality

57
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consumer’s belief and attitude
about the general performance of a firm.

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Service quality

58
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To measure service quality, Valarie Zeithaml and her colleagues developed a
survey instrument called _________.

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SERVQUAL

59
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based on the premise that customers evaluate a firm’s
service quality by comparing their perceptions of its service with their own
expectations.

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SERVQUAL

60
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developed to measure service quality mostly in a face-to-
face service encounter context.

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SERVQUAL

61
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is seen as a generic measurement tool that can be applied
across a broad spectrum of service industries

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SERVQUAL

62
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DIMENSIONS TO EVALUATE
SERVICE QUALITY

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  1. Tangibles
  2. Reliability
  3. Responsiveness
  4. Assurance
  5. Empathy
63
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customer’s willingness to continue patronizing a firm over the
long-term, preferably on an exclusive basis, and recommending the firm’s
products to friends and associates.

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Loyalty

64
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an important outcome of satisfied customers who believe that the
firm delivers great service.

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Loyalty

65
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Customer loyalty extends beyond behavior and includes preference, liking,
and future intentions. (T or F?)

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t

66
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the opposite of customer loyalty

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Defection

67
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used to describe
customers who drop off a company’s radar screen and transfer their loyalty
to another supplier.

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Defection

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