Services Management: 3-Focus On The Customer

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Services Management

3- Focus on the Customer

Dr Amit Rangnekar
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The Customer Gap


Expected service
Customer Gap

Perceived service

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Consumer Behavior in Services


Search, Experience, and CredenceProperties Consumer Choice Consumer Experience Post experience Evaluation Understanding Differences Among Consumers

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Consumer Evaluation Processes for Services


Search Qualities
attributes a consumer can determine prior to purchase of a product

Experience Qualities
attributes a consumer can determine after purchase (or during consumption) of a product

Credence Qualities
characteristics that may be impossible to evaluate even after purchase and consumption
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Continuum of Evaluation for Different Types of Products

Most Goods
Easy to evaluate

Most Services
Difficult to evaluate

High in search qualities

High in experience qualities

High in credence qualities

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Stages in Consumer Decision Making and Evaluation of Services

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Issues to Consider in Examining the Consumers Service Experience

Services as processes Service provision as drama Service roles and scripts The compatibility of service customers Customer coproduction Emotion and mood
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