03 Customer expectations of service L EARNING O BJECTIVES This chapter’s objectives are to: 1 Recognize that customers hold different types of expectations for service performance. 2 Discuss the sources of customer expectations of service‚ including those that are controllable and uncontrollable by marketers. 3 Acknowledge that the types and sources of expectations are similar for end consumers and business customers‚ for pure service and product-related service‚ for experienced customers and
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ZIPCAR CASE: Influencing customer behavior By offering car sharing‚ Zipcar offered a different way other than rental‚ car ownership or taking taxi with competitive advantage of low cost‚ service speed and convenience. Zipcar targets at people groups similar as car rental companies‚ specifically people who don’t want to own a car (hassle and cost)‚ need a second car or different car for different purpose‚ but in a more convenient and cheaper way. It provides low cost by cutting infrastructure and
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1 Factors Influences Consumer Behaviour Cultural‚ social and personal factors are always considered to be the major forces influencing consumers’ buying behaviour (Kotler and Keller‚ 2006). An understanding of such factors helps businesses at tailoring products that meet consumers’ needs and wants. Among important influences on consumer buying behaviour (culture‚ subculture‚ and social class) ‘’culture is the fundamental determinant of a person’s wants and behaviour’’ (Kotler and Keller‚ 2006
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Excellence in customer service is the objective of all organisations wishing to be successful. However‚ there is often a gap between customer expectations and management perceptions of customer expectations. Organisations often fail to get close to their customers and correctly read their expectations. Customers expect certain things when they walk into a business‚ and those with the highest level of service will know how to identify those expectations and meet them to the customer’s satisfaction
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- 9 2.2 What is Customer Service 9 - 10 2.3 What does customer care really mean 10 - 15 2.4 Why Service excellence is important 15 - 17 2.5 Who really deliverers Customer Service 17 2.6 Why trust is important 17 - 18 2.7 Why do we measure customer satisfaction 18 2.8 Supermarkets and the customer service within the supermarkets 18 - 21 2.9 Tesco’s strategy to motivate their employees to offer excellent Customer service to their customers 22 2.10 Tips for
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recognize and change their behaviors based on this brief sage? What else could Mario do? It is likely that by doing this the employees will recognize and change the behaviors. Another way to reassure they do is by giving incentives to the best customer service performer during a period of time such as a gift card or VIP parking space. 3. What do you think of Marilyn’s listening‚ based on this brief description? Do you know people who communicate like she did? How do you react? I think from the brief
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to provide your tutor with a brief outline.) Arthur Andersen is one of the worlds largest professional audit and financial service company. Advertising agency HBM was a medium size advertising agency. Section 1 – Understand the factors that affect an organisation and the customer service role 1. Complete the table below with a description of the products and services for at least two commercial organisations‚ public organisations and third sector organisations. Please ensure you provide
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so distinctive about services marketing that it requires a special approach‚ set of concepts‚ and body of knowledge? Services are defined in as “deeds‚ processes and performances”. None of these physical objects are physical objects in which a customer can take ownership of‚ because it is so different from products‚ service marketing requires a special approach‚ set of concepts and body of knowledge. 2. What do you mean by variability of inputs and outputs in services? Give two examples.
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一、True/False Questions 1、Logistics clearly contributes to time and form utility. 2、The purpose of logistics is to maximize customer service. 3、Two of the five primary activities in the value chain are inbound logistics and outbound logistics. 4、The Internet has done little to improve logistical effectiveness and efficiency. 5、Logistics offers many companies an important route for creating marketing superiority. 6、It is better for a logistics manager to be a generalist rather than a specialist
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Voting Behavior Long term factors that may influence voting behavior over a long period of time include: Social class Gender Age Religion Ethnicity Social Class “Class is the basis of British party politics: all else is embellishment and detail” (Pulzer) Social class is one of the fundamental divisions that define post war British electoral politics. Some would suggest that the social class of a person might explain their voting behavior. Social groups will vote for political
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