The document discusses how service environments shape customer experiences and behavior. It explains that the physical surroundings of a business, known as the servicescape, can communicate the company's image, quality, and value proposition through symbolic cues. The servicescape affects customer behavior by acting as a message-creating, attention-creating, and effect-creating medium. Key aspects of the servicescape that influence customers include ambient conditions, space/function, signs/symbols/artifacts, and their holistic combination. A well-designed servicescape can positively impact customer feelings, responses, and behaviors.

1. Crafting the Service
Environment
Presented by:
Ramesh kumar sahu
Naveen dewangan
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2. Purpose of Service
Environments
• Shape customer’s experiences
and their behavior.
• Play in important role in
determining customer
perceptions of the firm and its
image and positioning for
important quality signal.
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3. • Service environment (servicescape)
affects buyer behaviour in three
ways:
–Message-creating medium: Symbolic
cues to communicate the distinctive
nature and quality of the service
experience
–Attention-creating medium: Make
servicescape stand out from competition
and attract customers from target
segments
–Effect-creating medium: Use colours,4/11/2014 3
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4. Servicescape as Part of Value
Proposition
• Physical surroundings help shape
appropriate feelings and reactions in
customers and employees
– For example: Disneyland, Denmark’s Legoland
• Servicescapes form a core part of the value
proposition
– For example: Club Med, Las Vegas, Florida-
based Muvico
• The power of service scapes is being
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5. Comparison of Hotel & Lobbies
Each servicescape clearly communicates and reinforces its
hotel’s respective positioning and sets service
expectations as guests arrive
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6. The Mehrabian-Russell Stimulus-Response
Model
Feelings Are a Key Driver of Customer Responses to Service
Environments
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7. The Russell Model of Affect
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8. Drivers of Affective and cognitive
process
• Affect can be caused by perceptions and cognitive
processes of any degree of complexity.
• It’s the simple cognitive processes that determine
how people feel in a service setting.
• The more complex a cognitive process becomes,
the more powerful its potential impact on affect.
• However, most service encounters are routine and
simple processes can determine affect.
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9. Behavioral Consequence of
Affect
• Pleasant environments result in approach,
whereas unpleasant ones result in avoidance
behaviour.
• Arousal amplifies the basic effect of pleasure
on behaviour
– If environment is pleasant, increasing arousal can
generate excitement, leading to a stronger positive
consumer response
– If environment is unpleasant, increasing arousal
level will move customers into the ―distressed‖
region
• Feelings during service encounters are an
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10. Ambient
Conditions
Temp,Air,Nois
e,Music,Scent
Space/
Function
Layout,Equip
ment,Furnishi
ngs
Signs,
Symbols, and
Artifacts
Cognitive
Emotional
Psychological
An Integrative Framework: Bitner’s
Servicescape Model
ENVIRONMENTAL
DIMENSIONS
HOLISTIC
ENVIRONMENT
MODERATORS INTERNAL RESPONSES BEHAVIOUR
Perceived
Servicescape
Employee
Response
Moderator
Customer
Response
Moderator
Employee
Responses
Customer
Responses
Cognitive
Emotional
Psychological
Approach
• Affiliation
• Exploration
• Stay longer
• Satisfaction
Avoid
(opposite of approach)
Approach
• Attraction
• Stay/Explore
• Spend More $$$
• Satisfaction
Avoid
(opposite of approach)
Social Interaction
Between
Customers and
Employees
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11. Effect of Ambient Conditions
• Ambient environment is composed of
hundreds of design elements and details
that must work together to create desired
service environment
• Ambient conditions are perceived both
separately and holistically, and include:
– Lighting and colour schemes
– Size and shape perceptions
– Sounds such as noise and music
– Temperature
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12. Music
• In service settings, music can have a
powerful effect on perceptions and behaviors,
even if played at barely audible levels
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Scent
•Scents have distinct characteristics and can
be used to solicit emotional, physiological,
and behavioural responses.

13. Aromatherapy: Effects of Selected
Fragrances on People
Fragrance
Aroma
Type
Aroma-
Therapy
Class
Traditional
Use
Potential
Psychological
Effect on People
Eucalyptus
Camphor-
aceous
Toning,
stimulating
Deodorant,
antiseptic,
soothing
agent
Stimulating and
energizing
Lavender
Herbaceou
s
Calming,
balancing,
soothing
Muscle
relaxant,
soothing
agent,
astringent
Relaxing and
calming
Lemon Citrus
Energizing
, uplifting
Antiseptic,
soothing
agent
Soothing energy
levels
Black
pepper
Spicy
Balancing,
soothing
Muscle
relaxant,
aphrodisiac
Balancing people’s
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14. Colour
• Colours can be stimulating, calming,
expressive, disturbing, impressional, cultural,
exuberant, symbolic.
• Colours can be defined into three dimensions:
– Hue is the pigment of the colour
– Value is the degree of lightness or darkness of
the colour
– Chroma refers to hue-intensity, saturation, or
brilliance
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15. Common Associations and Human
Responses to Colours
Colou
r
Degree of
Warmth
Nature Symbol
Common Association and
Human Responses to Colour
Red Warm Earth
High energy and passion;
can excite and stimulate
Orang
e
Warmest Sunset
Emotions, expressions,
warmth
Yellow Warm Sun
Optimism, clarity, intellect,
mood-enhancing
Green Cool
Growth, grass,
and trees
Nurturing, healing,
unconditional love
Blue Coolest Sky and ocean Relaxation, serenity, loyalty
Indigo Cool Sunset Mediation and spirituality
Violet Cool Violet flower
Spirituality, reduces stress,
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16. Impact of Signs, Symbols, and
Artifacts
• Guide customers clearly through
process of service delivery
–Customers will automatically try to draw
meaning from the signs, symbols, and
artifacts
–Unclear signals from a servicescape can
result in anxiety and uncertainty about how
to proceed and obtain the desired service
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17. Signs Teach and Reinforce Behavioural
Rules in Service Settings
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18. Selection of Environmental Design
Elements
• Consumers perceive service
environments holistically
• Design with a holistic view
–Servicescapes have to be seen
holistically: No dimension of design can
be optimized in isolation, because
everything depends on everything else
–Holistic characteristic of environments
makes designing service environment an
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19. Tools to Guide Servicescape
Design
• Keen observation of customers’ behaviour and
responses to the service environment by
management, supervisors, branch managers, and
frontline staff
• Feedback and ideas from frontline staff and
customers, using a broad array of research tools
from suggestion boxes to focus groups and
surveys.
• Field experiments can be used to manipulate
specific dimensions in an environment and the
effects observed.
• Blueprinting or service mapping—extended to
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20. Conclusion
• A well- designed service environment
• Play a major part in shaping customers
• Makes customer good feel & satisfaction
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