CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES The services have unique characteristics which make them different from that of goods. The most common characteristics of services are: Intangibility. Inseparability. Perish ability. Variability Intangibility Services are activities performed by the provider‚ unlike physical products they cannot be seen‚ tasted‚ felt‚ heard or smelt before they are consumed. Since‚ services are not tangibles‚ they do not have features that appeal to the customer’s senses‚ their
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AUGUST 2007‚FIRST DRAFT Services provisions in regional trade agreements: stumbling or building blocks for multilateral liberalization? Carsten Fink World Bank Marion Jansen* WTO Paper presented at the Conference on Multilateralising Regionalism Sponsored and organized by WTO - HEI Co-organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 10-12 September 2007 Geneva‚ Switzerland The views expressed in this paper are the authors’ own and cannot be attributed to the World Bank‚ the WTO
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the student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP). Transition services are intended to prepare students to make the transition from the world of school to the world of adulthood. In planning what type of transition services a student needs to prepare for adulthood‚ the IEP Team considers areas such as postsecondary education or vocational training‚ employment‚ independent living‚ and community participation. The transition services themselves are a coordinated set of activities that are based on
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EXEMPTIONS/AMENDMENTS IN/WITHDRAWAL OF EXISTING EXEMPTIONS Rate of service tax restored to 12% As per section 66‚ the charging section under earlier regime‚ rate of service tax was 12% of the value of taxable services. However‚ the rate of service tax was reduced to 10% vide Notification No. 8/2009 ST dated 24.02.2009. With effect from 01.04.2012‚ Notification No. 02/2012-ST dated 17.03.2012 rescinded the said notification and the rate of service tax was restored to 12% for the period between 01.04.2012 to
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organizations to carry out three responsibilities: ■ ■ ■ Strengthen and unify the profession Promote the development of social work practice Advance sound social policies. Promoting high standards of practice and protecting the consumer of services are major association principles. Overview The NASW Code of Ethics is intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. This Code includes four sections. The first section‚ “Preamble‚” summarizes the social
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Customer service 1 © NSW DET 2008 Topic 1 - Customer service 2 © NSW DET 2008 Introduction It may seem strange that you are studying an area that you already know so much about—customer service. Whether we realise it or not‚ we always judge organisations that we come in contact with and so we already have quite a good understanding of a customer’s perspective. In this module we will put this understanding into a structured model‚ so it can contribute to developing organisational
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Service Request Service Request SR-rm-022 Darren Jackson BSA/375 Eric Secrist December 15‚ 2012 Service Request Riordan Manufacturing is a global plastics manufacturer employing 550 people with projected
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1.0 OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY We have always had service industries‚ and indeed there are numerous biblical references to services as diverse as inn keeping‚ money lending and market trading. Over time‚ the service sector has grown in volume and in the importance attributed to it. According to Baker J.M et al‚ The Marketing Book 5th Ed‚ (2003)‚ early economists saw services as being totally unproductive‚ adding nothing of value to an economy. He quotes Adam Smith as having included
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The tertiary sector of the economy (also known as the service sector or the service industry) is one of the three economic sectors‚ the others being the secondary sector (approximately the same as manufacturing) and the primary sector (agriculture‚ fishing‚ and extraction such as mining). The service sector consists of the "soft" parts of the economy‚ i.e. activities where people offer their knowledge and time to improve productivity‚ performance‚ potential‚ and sustainability‚ what is termed affective
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Geriatric Case Manager Introduction As I embark on my education journey to hopefully a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services. The career I choose to permanently employ in is a geriatric case worker. I’d much prefer to work with a gerontology certification as my true passion lies with working with our elders. I have hands on experience in geriatric care and feel this is the perfect career for myself‚ and I know I will be a true asset to whomever employs me. Additionally‚ as a geriatric case worker
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