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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811418503321

Autore

Gro??nfeldt Svafa

Titolo

Service leadership [[electronic resource] ] : the quest for competitive advantage / / Svafa Gro?nfeldt, Judith Strother

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2006

ISBN

1-4522-7912-8

1-4522-6673-5

1-4129-1374-8

1-322-30675-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 319 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

StrotherJudith B

Disciplina

658.812

Soggetti

Customer services - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1 - Introduction; Part 1: Strategizing the Promise; 2 - Looking Back on Service; 3 - Leading the Service Wave; 4 - Formulating Strategic Promises; Part 2: Designing the Process; 5 - Developing the Service Strategy; 6 - Designing the Service Process; 7 - Strategizing for Service Recovery; 8 - Designing Service Metrics; Part 3: Engaging the Providers; 9 - Activating Customer Orientation; 10 - Managing Service Organizations; 11 - Implementing Human Resources Policies for Service Organizations; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a solid focus on strategy throughout, this work introduces and operationalizes a new concept - service leadership. The authors provide discussions of methods associated with the identification and tracking of customer needs in a strategic and design process context.