Services Marketing
MKT 405
Spring 2001
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Course Description and Course Topics

From the 1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog:

MKT 405Services Marketing.  Conceptual and analytical framework for the application of marketing principles to the service sector of the economy.  Development and understanding of the impact of unique service characteristics on the development of marketing strategies.

Instructor's Description:

A foundation course providing an overview of service quality issues and strategies from a customer-focused business perspective. The course gives students an appreciation of the challenges of marketing and managing services (whether in a manufacturing or service business) and develops strategies for addressing these challenges. The need for integration across functions to provide effective service is stressed. 

Course Topics

Service Quality Gap Analysis 
Services Triangle Analysis 
7 P’s for Services 
Service-Profit Chain 
Service Encounter Analysis 
Customer Lifetime Value Analysis 
Services Mapping Blue Print
New Service Development Process 
Relationship Wheel and Strategies 
Service Quality Dimensions 
Services Guarantees 
Services Strategies HR Wheel 
Demand/Capacity Management
Physical Evidence Strategies 
Boundary Spanning 
 

Dwayne D. Gremler
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Revised: September 12, 2000.