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The management and marketing of services

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 1999.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0750635940
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.802 MUD

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This second edition of The Management and Marketing of Services builds on the success of the first edition and now includes increased coverage of many key areas, extensive examples and case studies. This second edition looks closely at relationship marketing and public sector issues as well as providing expanded sections on: the definition of services, expectations, competitive advantage, pricing of services, segmentation/positioning of services, the service encounter and service employees. The Management and Marketing of Services is a highly accessible text ideal for practitioners and students looking for a comprehensive treatment of this subject area.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface to the second edition (p. vii)
  • Preface to the first edition (p. viii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. ix)
  • 1 Introducing services (p. 1)
  • 2 The organizational setting (p. 26)
  • 3 Service design (p. 44)
  • 4 The service setting (p. 63)
  • 5 Service quality (p. 81)
  • 6 The service encounter (p. 109)
  • 7 Service employees (p. 132)
  • 8 Managing demand and supply (p. 159)
  • 9 Service communications (p. 189)
  • 10 Performance measurement (p. 215)
  • 11 Delivering satisfaction (p. 253)
  • 12 Monitoring and evaluating the service (p. 282)
  • Index (p. 305)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Angela Cottam is a lecturer in marketing at Napier University.

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