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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Services Marketing Chapter 1:! New Perspectives On! !Marketing in the! ! !Service Economy! Slide © 2010 by Lovelock & Wirtz Services Marketing 7/e Chapter 1 – Page 1 Overview of Chapter 1! Services Marketing Why Study Services?! What are Services?! Marketing Challenges Posed by Services! Extended Marketing Mix Required for Services! Integration of Marketing with Other Management Functions! Developing Effective Service Marketing Strategies! Slide © 2010 by Lovelock
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Corporate Law & Practice Major Assignment CASE STUDY OF BREACHES OF DUTIES OF DIRECTORS ⅠINTRODUCTION As a general rule‚ directors and other officers owe their duties to the company.[1] The persons‚ who act as directors or other officers in a company‚ are bound by common law duties‚ fiduciary duties under the law of equity‚ and statutory duties under the Corporations Act 2001 (CA). According to the facts given‚ this essay aim to examine and find out whether Popper‚ Jones and Brown have
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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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How has New Public management (NPM) affected the public services? To what extent has its impact been beneficial? The development of ‘new public management’ (hereafter NPM) over the past 20 years is one of the most striking international trends in public administration. It is important to mention that the rise of NPM is linked with other four megatrends in that period‚ namely: - Attempts to slow down government growth and spending (Dunsire and Hood 1989 cited in Hood 1991‚ p.3);
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Water Utilities Privatization‚ Solution or Problem: Jakarta Water Utilities Case Introduction Water composes 76% of the earth. However‚ only 2.5% of total water is consumable as fresh water. Limited fresh water supply and population growth jointly increase water scarcity and price‚ especially at dense area. Particularly‚ Water resources become crucial issue in most developing countries because they do not have well managed water utilities system. Cochabamba Water War (Bolivia) and Dar es Salaam
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problems and benefits of privatization of public sector organizations in China Privatization as an important role of economy ‚ has great contribution for all over the world. So what is privatization? Privatization means transfer of assets of economic activity from public sector to private sector‚ it has been seen by many governments as a means of revitalizing inefficient industries and as an opportunity to raise revenues to ease budgetary problems; however‚ privatization in China is very complicated
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Sikhism is one of the most ancient religions of India and the believers of this religion are called Sikhs that means disciples. The founder of Sikhism was Guru Nanak. Sikhism stands for casteless society and preaches thahe Holy Book Of Sikhism is Guru Granth Sahib Guru Gobind Singh declared before his departure to the heavenly abode that this Holy Granth would be the spiritual guide for Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh made Khalsa (Sikh common wealth)‚ a full-fledged nation and taught them to perform
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Service Management Introduction It is considered that the most critical thing for a company is to effectively and efficiently deliver the service to the customers. It does really matter which industry the organization is operating in‚ the features of services have be taken very seriously and in addition to that‚ customers have to be satisfied in order for the organization to grow. It has been argued by numerous scholars that the primary need of the customers in the modern business world is to
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Service Level Agreement for HR Services Overview Service level agreement for the provision of HR Services in relation to employee relations advice and recruitment assistance to managers‚ supervisors and staff. This is an internal agreement for HR services between the Human Resources Department and the Customer Services Branch. Service Specifications The designated HR team at Coastal Education Network will provide advice‚ assistance and support on the implementation of the organisation’s HR
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