Edwin N. Torres, Tingting Zhang

Customer Service Marketing (eBook, ePUB)

Managing the Customer Experience

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This timely book is a comprehensive overview of customer service principles, theories, and practices. It looks at the best practices of service enterprises and the delivery of superior customer service. It also includes classic and contemporary theories relating to the consumers, managers, and their behaviors in organizational setting. The book uses real-life applications through examples from business enterprises in various service sectors, including hotels, restaurants, theme parks, event management, airlines, cruises, (e-)retailers, and finance.

This book covers important concepts in service design and delivery including customer experiences, peer-to-peer services, the organization's servicescape, quality measurement tools, and use of technologies. The book also gives insights into consumers including their expectations, attitudes, emotions, word-of-mouth behaviors, and strategies to ensure their loyalty. It also looks at developments in service theory and practice which remain relatively unexplored by existing textbooks.

Filled with real-world case studies in various service sectors, this textbook will be particularly useful for students in hospitality guest services and services marketing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429558993
• Artikelnr.: 66202386

Autorenporträt

Edwin N. Torres, Ph.D., is the Chair and Associate Professor at the Department of International Hospitality and Service Innovation, Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Tingting Zhang, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is service? The origin and evolution of customer experiences 2.
Servicescape: Visualizing service quality and value 3. Service quality:
Tools and strategies 4. Customer attitudes and emotions: From delight to
outrage 5. Waiting for service: Strategies to reduce waits and the
perception of waiting 6. Co-creation and customization: Engaging the
customer in value creation 7. Electronic word of mouth: Understanding the
customer's voice 8. The sharing economy/peer-to-peer services:
Revolutionizing the service market 9. Subscription services and new
business models 10. Service technologies: Delivering a seamless experience
11. Cross-cultural guest interactions: Appealing to a broad customer base
12. Recovery strategies for service managers 13. Recruiting, training, and
engaging talent for service organizations 14. Customer loyalty, analytics,
and relationship management 15. Service innovation: The key to business
growth and sustainability