SERVICE MANAGEMENT
A QUICK ONCE OVER
A QUICK ONCE OVER
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THE SERVICE SOCIETY
PART 1
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The Service Society
THE SERVICE SOCIETY
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Extraction industries
Goods producing
industries
Service industries
The Service Society
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WHY ARE WE A SERVICE SOCIETY
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The Service Society
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SERVICES DOMINANT LOGIC
PART 2
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Services Dominant Logic
SERVICES AS PROCESSES
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Goods – are a resource –
something you get
Services – are a process –
activities that happen over time
Services Dominant Logic
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CUSTOMER AS CO-PRODUCER
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Goods – you are not involved in
the production process
Services – you may be involved
in the production process
Services Dominant Logic
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SIMULTANEITY
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Goods – can be produced, then
consumed later
Services – are often produced
and consumed at the same time
Services Dominant Logic
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PERISHABILITY
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Services – Cannot be stored –
lost opportunities are lost forever
Goods – can be stored – for
sale later
Services Dominant Logic
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INTANGIBILITY
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Goods – Are often tangible so
can be tried before buying
Services – Intangible services
cannot be tried out before buying
Services Dominant Logic
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HETEROGENEITY
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Goods – are focused on things
and are alike
Services – are focused on
people and vary from customer
to customer
Services Dominant Logic
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VALUE IN EXCHANGEV.S.VALUE IN USE
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Goods – Customers exchange for
goods and use them how they want
Services – Customer get value
from services by using them
Services Dominant Logic
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SERVICE QUALITY
PART 3
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Services Quality
WHAT IS SERVICE QUALITY
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Services Quality
Expectation Experienceversus
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EXPECTATIONV.S. EXPERIENCE
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Services Quality
Expectation
(WhatIwanted)
Experience
(WhatIgot)
A B C
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DIMENSIONS OF SERVICES
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Services Quality
Process is Important
Outcome is Important
Both Process and Outcome are Important
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SERVICE QUALITY: EXPECTATIONS
PART 4
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Service Quality: Expectations
SOURCES OF EXPECTATIONS
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Service Quality: Expectations
Sales/ Marketing
Information
Corporate Brand
& Image
What Other
Customers Say
Past Experience
with Service
Relationship with
Service Provider
Experiences with
Other Services
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Customer
Expectations
TYPES OF EXPECTATIONS
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Service Quality: Expectations
Explicit Unrealistic: “make me
look like Brad Pitt”
Fuzzy: “make me look like a
rockstar”
Explicit Realistic: “Short back
and sides”
Implicit: “why didn’t you ask me
first?”
M
ake
explicit
Make
realistic
Make explicit
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SERVICE QUALITY: EXPERIENCE
PART 5
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Service Quality: Experience
THE SERVICE SEQUENCE
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2
3
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8
9Expected
Service
Above
expectation
(great service)
Below
expectation
(poor service)
Zone of
Tolerance
Service Quality: Experience
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THE CUSTOMER/PROVIDER RELATIONSHIP: 2
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Relationship
SequenceSequence
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Episode
Act
Act
Act
EpisodeAct
Act
Act
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Relationship
with a hotel
A stay at a
hotel
Dinner at the
hotel
Ordering
dessert
Act: Also known as ‘Moments of Truth’
Service Quality: Experience
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THE CUSTOMER/PROVIDER RELATIONSHIP: 2
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Relationship
SequenceSequence
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Relationship
SequenceSequence
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Episode
Act
Act
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Episode
Act
Act
Act
Episode
Act
Act
Act
Poor Relationship
Good Relationship
Service Quality: Experience
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QUALITY FACTORS AND MEASURES
PART 6
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Quality Factors & Measures
WHAT WE RESPONSIBLE FOR?
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Quality Factors & Measures
The equipment
Actions (& inactions)
of staff
The systems
The processes
Actions of the
customer
Actions of other
customers
The expectations
The facilities and
environment
This
But not this
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EXAMPLE: MANAGING CUSTOMERS
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Quality Factors & Measures
We limit their
choices
We restrict their
movement
We tell them what
to do
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TYPES OF QUALITY
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Quality Factors & Measures
Enhancer FactorsSanitary Factors
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MEASURING QUALITY
NPS
Ask customers how likely they would
be to recommend a service to a friend
or colleague
Simple
Easy to get a good response rate
Collects limited data
Fast to implement
Risks becoming a score
Implied comparison between
expectation and experience
Servqual
Ask customers what they expected
versus what they got for each aspect of
a service
Complex
Requires customer effort
Comes with good data
Slow to implement
Maintains focus on service aspects
Explicitly compares expectation
against experience 28
Quality Factors & Measures
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SERVICE FAILURE
PART 7
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Service Failure
WHAT IS SERVICE FAILURE
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Service Failure
Expectation
(WhatIwanted)
Experience
(WhatIgot)
A B C
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PROMISES MODEL
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Service Failure
Delivery Customers
Marketing/
Sales
MakingPromises
EnablingPromises
Delivering Promises
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GAPS IN PROMISES LEAD TO SERVICE FAILURE
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Service Failure
Keeping Promises
Making
Promises
“This is pest
control, how
may I help
you?”
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SERVICE RECOVERY
PART 8
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Service Recovery
ARE COMPLAINTS GOOD?
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Service Recovery
Prevents bad word of
mouth
Lets provider
respond to issues
The alternative is
customers leaving
Make issues visible
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YES NO
WHAT ARE CUSTOMERS LOOKING FOR?
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Service Recovery
Procedural
Interactional
Distributive
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The Three Justices
SERVICE GUARANTEES
PART 9
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Service Guarantees
SERVICE GUARANTEES
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Service Guarantees
If a customer can’t try before they buy, you
can still reduce the risk to the customer to
make the service more attractive
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SERVICE PRODUCTIVITY
PART 10
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Services Productivity
PRODUCTIVITY
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Services Productivity
Internal: Cost to provide a service
instance to a customer. How much does it
cost to provide the service.
External: Cost to provide a level of service
experience a customer. How much does it
cost to make the customer like the service?
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WORKED EXAMPLE
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Services Productivity
Internal Productivity: Cost to produce a DVD
External Productivity: The cost to make it
something that people will recommend or
come back to
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WASTE
PART 11
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Waste
WASTE IN SERVICES
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Services – Customers are
‘stored’ when there is too little
capacity
Goods – Inventory is a buffer
between production and demand
Waste
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MANAGING QUEUES
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Services – Manage Demand
(yield management)
Goods – Manage Waiting (make
it more bearable)
Waste
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SELF SERVICE AND AUTOMATION
PART 12
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Self Service & Automation
SERVICE PROCESS MATRIX
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Degree of Specialisation/Customisation
Low High
DegreeofCustomerContact
Low
Car wash Pest control
High
School Physician
Easy to
automate
Hard to
automate
Self Service & Automation
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SERVICE CULTURE
PART 13
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Services Culture
SERVICE CULTURE
 SharedValues (values, beliefs, behaviours, paradigm)
 Leadership
 Training
 Empowerment/Rules
 Trust
 Roles and Responsibilities
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Services Culture
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STUFF THAT GOT LEFT OUT
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Hybrid~Goods~and~Services
Hidden~Services
Servicescape
Inseparability~of~Customers
Explicit~vs~Implicit~Services
New~Service~Development
Service~Design
Service~Quality~by~Design
Approaches~to~Service~Recovery
Service~Improvement
Managing~Capacity~and~Demand
Yield~Management
Queuing~Models
The~Psychology~of~Waiting~
Supply~Chain~Management
Relationship~Quality
Customer/Supplier~Bonds
Quality~Gap~Analysis
Cost~of~Quality
Customer~Sacrifice
Self~Service~Attractors
Service~Guarantee~Requirements
Opportunistic~Claims
Squeaky~Wheel
Service~Recovery~Sequence
Service~Recovery~Paradox
Psychological~Impact~of~Service~Failure
Types~of~Service~Guarantees

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