Robert Johnston, Michael Shulver, Nigel Slack, Graham Clark

Service Operations Management (eBook, ePUB)

Improving Service Delivery

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyse and address organisational challenges using real world examples Service Operations Management, 5th Edition, by Robert Johnston et al. is a market-leading text on service operations management and provides a clear understanding of how service performance can be improved in organisations. This textbook applies underlying theories to the real world challenges faced by service operations managers on a daily basis, by providing a diverse range of examples and illustrations. Each chapter provides a range of tools, frameworks and techniques designed to help your students better analyse existing operations and understand ways to deal with operational challenges.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292098050
• Artikelnr.: 65608031

Autorenporträt

Robert Johnston was Professor of Operations Management at Warwick Business School. He had a management degree from the University of Aston and a Ph.D. from the University of Warwick. Before moving to academia Bob held several line management and senior management posts in a number of service organisations in both the public and private sectors.

Michael Shulver is a Senior Lecturer in the Information, Decision and Operations Division at Bath School of Management. Michael has MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Warwick. Before his time in academia Michael was an aircraft engineer and he has also worked as a consultant in performance management.

Nigel Slack is Emeritus Professor of Operations Management and Strategy at Warwick Business School, an Honorary Professor at Bath University and 'Honorary Fellow of the European Operations Management Association'. He is an educator, consultant and writer with wide experience in many sectors.

Graham Clark is Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at Cranfield School of Management and Director of the Executive MBA Programme. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from Leeds University and a master's degree in management from Imperial College, London University. He is a non-executive director of the Institute of Customer Service and a member of the leadership team of the UK chapter of the Association for Service Management.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* New features for this edition
* Case examples and exercises
* About the authors
PART I: FRAMING SERVICE OPERATIONS
1. Introduction to service operations
2. The world of service
3. Service strategy
4. The service concept
PART II: SERVICE PEOPLE
1. Customer relationships
2. Service quality
3. Designing customer experience
4. People in the service operation
5. Service culture
PART III: DELIVERING SERVICE
6. Service supply networks
7. Designing the service process
8. Managing service performance
9. Service resources and capacity
PART IV: IMPROVING SERVICE OPERATIONS
10. Service innovation
11. Service improvement
12. Learning from problems
13. Learning from other operations
* Index
* Publisher acknowledgements