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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337811603321

Autore

Muñoz-Seca Beatriz

Titolo

How to Get Things Right [[electronic resource] ] : A Guide to Finding and Fixing Service Delivery Problems / / by Beatriz Muñoz-Seca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-14088-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations

Collana

IESE Business Collection

Disciplina

658

Soggetti

Business

Production management

Service industries

Management

Industrial management

Knowledge management

Tourism

Popular Science in Business and Management

Operations Management

Services

Innovation/Technology Management

Knowledge Management

Tourism Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Operations Puzzle -- 2. No Hire, No Fire -- 3. Unlock Capacity to Tackle Higher Value-added Tasks -- 4. The Contribution Margin and Tribes -- 5. What Shall we Do with the Pop-ups: On-the-spot Innovations Can Create Unforseen Problems -- 6. The Five-star Constellation and Knowledge Pills -- 7. Problem-solving Tracks and Service Modules -- 8. Altogether Now: We Need Everybody's Effort Implementing the '9 Questions' Tool -- 9. Concluding Thoughts. .

Sommario/riassunto

In How to Make Things Happen, we learnt that knowledge is the fundamental driver of service efficiency. In this new book, the author



follows four very different companies in the finance, gas and tourism sectors as they implement the Service Problem Driven Management Model (SPDM) to improve their operations. With real examples and plenty of practical tips, anecdotes and actionable ideas for real life implementation, this book will teach you how to: Perform a capacity analysis Implement new ideas by transforming pop-ups into prototypes Discover knowledge pills to accelerate learning Develop service modules and problem tracks Put problem solving at the heart of excellent service delivery Offering a rare insight into how to unblock service problems and the realistic challenges you will encounter along the way, this book shows you how to make things happen and more importantly, how to get them right. .