Professional Documents
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High-Contact and Low-Contact Services
Emphasizes encounters
High with service personnel
N ur sing Hom e
HairCut
4 - Star Hote l
Ma na g e me nt Con sulting
Go od Re sta ura nt
Tele ph one Ba nking
Airlin e Tra ve l (Econ.)
Re ta il Ba nking Car Re pa ir
Motel In sura nce
Dry Clea ning
Fa st Food
Movie Theater
Ca bl e TV
Subway
• Internet Banking
Mail Based Repairs
Emphasizes encounters
with equipment
Internet-based
Services
Low
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The Purchase Process for Services
(Adapted from Fig. 2-3)
Prepurchase Stage
Awareness of need
Information search
Evaluation of alternative service suppliers
Service Encounter Stage
Request service from chosen supplier
Service delivery
Postpurchase Stage
Evaluation of service performance
Future intentions
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Factors that Influence
Customer Expectations of Services (Fig. 2.4)
Situational Factors
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Components of Customer Expectations
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Customer Satisfaction is Central to the
Marketing Concept
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A Service Business is a System Comprising
Three Overlapping Subsystems
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Service Marketing System:
(1) High Contact Service--e.g., Hotel (Fig. 2.7)
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Service Marketing System:
(2) Low Contact Service--e.g., Credit Card (Fig. 2.8)
Advertising
Mail
Market Research
The Surveys
Technical Self Service
Core Equipment Customer Random Exposures
Facilities, Personnel
Phone, Fax,
Web site etc. Word of Mouth
Front Stage
Backstage (visible)
(invisible)
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Service as Theater
William Shakespeare
As You Like It
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The Dramaturgy of Service Delivery
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Role and Script Theories
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