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Service Operations Management, Second Edition
The Total Experience
2nd edition
9781788115957 Edward Elgar Publishing
Service Operations Management, Second Edition provides a global perspective on service operations, with expanded coverage of service operations for not-for-profit agencies, charities, NGOs and utilities, alongside commercial companies. With new, updated case studies and original research embracing big-data analytics and neurolinguistics in building customer service systems, this book will be an invaluable tool for postgraduate and MBA students of service operations and undergraduates specialising in hospitality, tourism and public sector management.
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Building on the foundations of the first edition, this comprehensive textbook remains a vital tool for postgraduate students seeking to understand the principles of service operations management, and for undergraduate students specializing in hospitality, tourism and public sector management.
With services accounting for 70 percent of employment and growth in our economy, this textbook explains what is needed to ensure the most efficient and effective service operations are delivered. Covering not-for-profit agencies, charities, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and utilities alongside finance, healthcare and commercial companies, this guide explores the essentials of service operations management with its innovative approach to delivering customers’ imperatives in services.
Written in a clear and accessible manner this updated second edition:
• takes an increased international perspective on service operations
• is updated to reflect the most significant changes in service operations management, and to provide enhanced coverage of areas touched on in the first edition
• includes new and updated international case studies in each chapter, reflecting the increased globalization of service operations, with internationalizing updates to include content suitable for a global audience
• covers mobile technology and presents the author’s own research embracing big data analytics and neurolinguistics in building customer service systems
• expands coverage of process-reengineering and service flows, business process assessments, and developing economies.
With services accounting for 70 percent of employment and growth in our economy, this textbook explains what is needed to ensure the most efficient and effective service operations are delivered. Covering not-for-profit agencies, charities, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and utilities alongside finance, healthcare and commercial companies, this guide explores the essentials of service operations management with its innovative approach to delivering customers’ imperatives in services.
Written in a clear and accessible manner this updated second edition:
• takes an increased international perspective on service operations
• is updated to reflect the most significant changes in service operations management, and to provide enhanced coverage of areas touched on in the first edition
• includes new and updated international case studies in each chapter, reflecting the increased globalization of service operations, with internationalizing updates to include content suitable for a global audience
• covers mobile technology and presents the author’s own research embracing big data analytics and neurolinguistics in building customer service systems
• expands coverage of process-reengineering and service flows, business process assessments, and developing economies.
Contents
Contents: 1. Introduction to international service operations management 2. Developing a service operations strategy 3. Service process improvement 4. Leadership and teams in service operations management 5. Service supply and logistics networks 6. Innovation and services development 7. Service operations performance quality 8. Sustainable service operations 9. Service operations performance 10. Not-for-profit and public service operations management 11. Pursuit of simplicity in service operations 12. Digital-service operations management Index
