Service Encounter Report
Service Encounter Report
1.0 Introduction
The purpose of this report is to critically evaluate the services encounter using service marketing perspective. In order to do this report, I had experience few service industries around Kota Kinabalu area. I had took six encounters service as my journal entries and two of the journal entries will use to develop this report which is the most and least satisfactory service encounter. The encounters that I had chosen will reflect different type of satisfaction and service industries. The extremely satisfied service will be encounter 4: LHS Quality Software Co and the extremely dissatisfied service was the Encounter 1: Digi center @1borneo.
2.1 Consumer Behavior (Pre-purchase stage)
Lovelock et al. (2012) declare that pre-purchase stage start with need awareness and continue though information search and evaluation of alternatives to deciding whether or not to buy a particular product or service. For extremely satisfied service (Encounter 4: LHS Quality Software Co), my need awareness was I need to service my printer in order to have good printing work. In the other hand, for extremely dissatisfied service (Encounter 1: Digi center @1borneo), my need awareness would be I need to accompany my brother went to this firm to buy a mobile phone. Information search will be also need at the pre-purchase stage, for extremely satisfied service (Encounter 4: LHS Quality Software Co), the information search was before the service was occur. Before I bring the printer for service in this firm, I had evaluated several firms and compare the price and the attitude of the employee. Meanwhile, for extremely dissatisfied service (Encounter 1: Digi center @1borneo), I had searched the information form online sources which was the firm website. Before went to this firm, I had evaluated several similar firm for the price though online. For encounter 1, there was easier to get information though online, but encounter 4 will consumers time to
1.0 Introduction
The purpose of this report is to critically evaluate the services encounter using service marketing perspective. In order to do this report, I had experience few service industries around Kota Kinabalu area. I had took six encounters service as my journal entries and two of the journal entries will use to develop this report which is the most and least satisfactory service encounter. The encounters that I had chosen will reflect different type of satisfaction and service industries. The extremely satisfied service will be encounter 4: LHS Quality Software Co and the extremely dissatisfied service was the Encounter 1: Digi center @1borneo.
2.1 Consumer Behavior (Pre-purchase stage)
Lovelock et al. (2012) declare that pre-purchase stage start with need awareness and continue though information search and evaluation of alternatives to deciding whether or not to buy a particular product or service. For extremely satisfied service (Encounter 4: LHS Quality Software Co), my need awareness was I need to service my printer in order to have good printing work. In the other hand, for extremely dissatisfied service (Encounter 1: Digi center @1borneo), my need awareness would be I need to accompany my brother went to this firm to buy a mobile phone. Information search will be also need at the pre-purchase stage, for extremely satisfied service (Encounter 4: LHS Quality Software Co), the information search was before the service was occur. Before I bring the printer for service in this firm, I had evaluated several firms and compare the price and the attitude of the employee. Meanwhile, for extremely dissatisfied service (Encounter 1: Digi center @1borneo), I had searched the information form online sources which was the firm website. Before went to this firm, I had evaluated several similar firm for the price though online. For encounter 1, there was easier to get information though online, but encounter 4 will consumers time to
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