Service Operations Management
Service Operations Management: The Total Experience

Service Operations Management: The Total Experience


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This comprehensive textbook will become required reading for postgraduate students seeking to understand the principles of service operations management and for undergraduate students specializing in hospitality, tourism or the public sector. It will also serve as a handbook for operations managers in service organizations as they seek to develop and implement improved operations strategies.Focusing on service delivery design, capacity, recovery, performance measurement and service strategy, the challenge of delivering exceptional service quality is addressed through a comparison of customers' perceptions and expectations. A new approach to quality in services describes the tools and methods for continuous service improvement. This accessible and engaging textbook is the ideal foundation for a course in service operations management. Each chapter: represents a lecture and specific topic - with specified learning objectives and outcomes develops using a 'chunking and scaffold' pedagogical technique - sub-sections in the chapter develop the chapter's theme includes examples of organizations and small case-vignettes suitable for class/group discussion and larger cases of international organizations for set-work activity draws upon contemporary research with clear citations to show the source - each chapter has a bibliography and reference list includes a series of questions that can be asked of the audience/students - either to promote discussion or to be set as an assignment See the companion website - http://goo.gl/15MwF - for an Instructor Resource Guide and PowerPoint slides, with tips for activities and as a general guide to explore issues raised in the book.

Table of Contents:
Contents: 1. Introduction to Service Operations Management 2. Developing a Service Operations Strategy 3. Service Process Improvement 4. Leadership and Teams in Service Operations Management 5. Service Supply and Logistics Networks 6. Innovation and Services Development 7. Service Operations Performance Quality 8. Sustainable Service Operations 9. Service Operations Performance 10. Not-for-Profit and Public Service Operations Management 11. Pursuit of Simplicity in Service Operations 12. Electronic-Service Operations Management Index

About the Author :
David W. Parker, University of Queensland Business School, Australia

Review :
'David has captured the essentials of service operations within a complete enterprise framework. Based upon case studies from a broad variety of organizations from around the globe, this easy to understand text is a must for students and practitioners alike. Students of service operations and indeed services marketing have been long awaiting a reference such as this.' 'The author recognizes the critical fact that service operations is worlds apart from manufacturing operations management that produces tangible products - a failing of so many other texts that have drawn on yesteryear manufacturing paradigms to try and explain services. This book succeeds in combining operational analysis with the empirical research to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the forces that shape and change the service sectors. Drawing on a wealth of information by virtue of his track record of many years researching the service sectors, this book will be invaluable to both students, practitioners and anyone interested in successful service operations - tourism, hospitality, transport, retailing, utilities, not for profit, public service.' 'This is an important book for educators, students and professional managers. As the services sector becomes a larger and increasingly pervasive part of our economy and as service operations management becomes the biggest part of most organizations, the opportunity to increase productivity, quality, flexibility and innovation of service provision must be grasped firmly by those who want their organizations to remain competitive and successful. This book very effectively blends conceptual frameworks with new, practical case studies. It is full of valuable and useful insights.'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781781007860
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 584
  • Width: 169 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1781007861
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Total Experience


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