The Thief
•No intention of paying-sets out to steal or pay less
•Services lend themselves to clever schemes to avoid payment
ØFor example: bypassing electricity meters, circumventing TV cables, riding free on public transportation
•Firms must take preventive actions against thieves, but not alienate honest customers by degrading their service experience
ØMake allowances for honest but absent-minded customers
The Rulebreaker
•Many services need to establish rules to guide customers safely through the service encounter
•Government agencies may impose regulations that service suppliers must enforce
•Some rules protect other customers from dangerous behavior
ØFor example: Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado-ski patrollers issue warnings to reckless skiers by attaching orange stickers on their lift tickets
•Ensure company rules are necessary, not bureaucratic
The Belligerent
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•Expresses resentment, abuses service employees verbally or even physically
•Confrontations between customers and service employees can easily escalate
•Firms should ensure employees have skills to deal with difficult situations
ØIn a public environment, priority is to remove person from other customers
ØMay be better to make a public stand on behalf of employees than conceal for fear of bad publicity
•Family Feuders and Vandals
•Family Feuders: People who get into arguments with other customers-often members of their own family
•The Vandal:
ØService vandalism includes pouring soft drinks into bank cash machines; slashing bus seats, breaking hotel furniture
ØBored and drunk young people are a common source of vandalism
ØUnhappy customers who feel mistreated by service providers take revenge
ØPrevention is the best cure
The Deadbeat
•Customers who fail to pay (as distinct from "thieves" who never intended to pay in the first place)
ØPreventive action is better than cure-for example: insisting on prepayment; asking for credit card number when order is taken
ØCustomers may have good reasons for not paying
-If the client's problems are only temporary ones, consider long-term value of maintaining the relationship
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Target Market
Internal customers are people or groups of people within your company, that receive and make use of the products produced by you in your work function, or make use of a service provided by yourself. Example: i am the secretary of a law firm, and the lawyers (internal customers) make use of my service to prepare documents and make telephone calls. Similarly in a cellularphone manufacturing company, the procurement departments purchases materials required for production, in this case the internal customers are the workers making the cellularphones.
Match their prices, while ensuring you give excellent customer service - before, during and after sale. Many people would prefer to do repeat business with a firm giving great customer service, than cheaper prices.
A reputable firm is one that trades within the law and gives good and fair service to its customers
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Managing the Professional Service Firm was created in 1997.
stakeholders is a firm are the customers, staff, bank, suppliers, owners, bank, local authority.
Managing the Professional Service Firm has 376 pages.
Reliability --Dependable and accurate service Responsiveness --Prompt customer assistance Empathy --Firm/employees show concern about the individual needs of the customer Assurance --Employees instilling trust and confidence in the service provider
Consumer is the most important person. The business revolves around the consumer... So, while operating as a firm, it is essential for the firm to gain the good understanding of it's target market. The more the Consumer Behaviour is learnt the more the needs and wants of the Customers are fulfilled. The Study of consumer behaviour helps us; • To design the optimal product or service for customers. • To determine where the product or Service should be available that would easy for the customers to buy. • To determine what price will the customers give up purchasing product or service? • To determine which method of Promotion would be most effective for getting the customers to buy a product. • It helps in changing the behavior of the consumers. • To improve performance of the organization. • To achieve the organizational objectives
A sales officer is a person who sells a product or service for a company. The end goal for a sales officer is to push a product or service and to close a deal.
The ISBN of Managing the Professional Service Firm is 978-0-684-83431-3.