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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Executive Summary This report presents the analysis and evaluation of service offerings at the Singapore Zoo. Areas of analysis include findings from observation and research on the current key service processes and supplementary services of the Singapore Zoo operations; basic focus strategy used by the management and positioning aspects of the Singapore Zoo; as well as comparison of competitors’ service offerings against the Singapore Zoo. Results of the evaluation of recent developments in the
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Services represent approximately 80 percent of the U.S. GDP and a growing percentage of the GDPs of countries around the world. Companies‚ governments‚ and universities worldwide have recently awakened to the realization that services dominate global economies and economic growth.1 Yet‚ in practice‚ innovation in services is less disciplined and less creative than in the manufacturing and technology sectors.2 While Business Week’s 2007 top twenty-five most innovative companies list includes
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Introduction The service industry interacts with our lives on a daily basis. Services can be defined as deeds‚ processes and performances. When considering the differences between products and services‚ intangibility and the fact that a service cannot be touched‚ tasted‚ viewed or tried on are terms often used (McColl-Kennedy & Kiel 2000). Services differ from goods in essentially four ways: (1) intangibility; (2) inseparability; (3) heterogeneity; (4) perishability (Kotler‚ Brown‚ Adam‚ Burton
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A NEW APPROACH TO AUTOMATIC WEB SERVICES COMPOSITION by Luong Viet Phong A thesis proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering. Examination Committee: Prof. Vilas Wuwongse (Chairman) Nationality: Vietnam Previous Degree: Bachelor of Information Technology Ho Chi Minh University of Technology
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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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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. Furthermore‚ the more humans are needed to provide a service‚ the more
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The Nature of Services Learning Objectives Classify a service into one of four categories using the service process matrix. Describe a service using the four dimensions of the service package. Discuss the managerial implications of the distinctive characteristics of a service operation. Discuss the insights obtained from a strategic classification of services. Discuss the role of a service manager from an open-systems view of service. An Integrated Approach to
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The relationship between frontline service employees and customers has always been interesting research topic for service marketers as the customer-contact service employee is the service and organization in the customers’ eyes and consumer interpretations of employee performance will create their impression of the service brand (Zeithaml and Bitner‚ 2009). Most early work on service frontline employees is based on the assumption that interaction between service encounters and customers is harmonious
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Service Encounter: A service encounter is defined as the period of time that a customer interacts with a service (Shostack‚ 1985). The definition of a service encounter is broad and includes a customer’s interaction with customer-contact employees‚ machines‚ automated systems‚ physical facilities‚ and any other service provider visible elements. It involves all the activities required to perform a service. Transactions: 1. Info 2. Parking 3. Booking 4. Entry 5. Waiting 6. Finding Seat
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