Introduction to Services Marketing In general‚ goods can be defined as objects‚ devices‚ or things‚ whereas products refer to both goods and services. A service is any act or performance that one party can offer to another that is essentially intangible and does not result in the ownership of anything. Its production may or may not be tied to a physical product. The distinction between goods and services is not perfectly clear. Service is the sum of all encounters between a customer and a service provider
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Student ID # 1451565 BU320.2.1 Marketing Principles Assignment 05 Marketing Services 10/05/2012 The marketing of services differs from product marketing because of the four fundamental differences involved in services: Services are intangible‚ inseparable‚ variable‚ and perishable. Intangible which means they cannot be touched‚ tasted‚ or seen like a pure product can. Another difference is that services are produced and consumed at the same time; that is‚ service and consumption are inseparable
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BMA791 SERVICES MARKETING Semester 1‚ 2013 THIS UNIT IS OFFERED IN: Hobart Teaching Team: Dr Rob Hecker Marcus Bai Xuesong CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B Contact Details Unit Coordinator & lecturer: Dr Rob Hecker Campus: Hobart Room Number: 307 Email: Rob.Hecker@utas.edu.au Phone: +61 3 6226 1774 Fax: +61 3 6226 2170 Consultation Time: By appointment 2 Contents Contact Details ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 2
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almost all aspects of services operation have compelled the management of every service industry to place emphasis on the efficient and effective method of presenting its service. The need for marketing in service industry cannot be overemphasized‚ the degree of marketing activities in a company depends on the size of the market. Traditionally‚ executives in service industries have not been market driven. They have lagged behind sellers of products in accepting the marketing concept and have generally
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Gaps model of Service Quality The success of 7-eleven The Gaps model of service quality was first developed by Parasuraman‚ Berry and Zeithaml in 1985 and more recently described in Zeithml and Bitner in 2003. The model identifies four spectfic gaps leading to a fifth overall gap between customers’ expectations and perceived service. Knowledge gap The first gap may occur when management identify the customer’s expectation inaccurately. When the customer expectation has difference with the management
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Service Marketing 10MBAMM314 Syllabus Module I Introduction to services: What are services‚ Why service marketing‚ Difference in goods and service in marketing‚ Myths about services‚ Concept of service marketing triangle‚ Service marketing mix‚ GAP models of service quality Module II Consumer behaviour in services: Search‚ Experience and Credence property‚ Customer expectation of services‚ Two levels of expectation‚ Zone of tolerance‚ Factors influencing customer expectation of services Customer
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The Gap model of service quality was developed by Parasuraman‚ Berry and Zeithaml (1985)‚ and more recently described in Zeithaml and Bitner (2003). It has served as a framework for research in services marketing‚ including hospitality marketing‚ for over two decades. The model identifies four specific gaps leading to a fifth overall gap between customers’ expectations and perceived service. The five gaps Customers have expectations for service experiences and they use them to measure
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History of the Gaps Model The gaps model of service quality was first developed by a group of authors at Texas A&M and North Carolina Universities‚ in 1985. Based on exploratory studies of service such as executive interviews and focus groups in four different service businesses‚ the authors proposed a conceptual model of service quality indicating that consumers’ perception toward a service quality depends on the gaps existing in organization – consumer environments. Theory of the Gaps Model Perceived
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Measuring Customer Expectations of Service Quality: case Airline Industry Logistics Master ’s thesis Ekaterina Tolpa 2012 Department of Information and Service Economy Aalto University School of Economics Measuring Customer Expectations of Service Quality: case Airline Industry Master’s Thesis Ekaterina Tolpa 06.06.2012 Information and Service Management Approved in the Department of Information and Service Economy _____________ and awarded the grade _______________ _________________________________________
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