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CHAPTER ONE
What isCustomer Service?
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LLEARNING EARNING OOBJECTIVESBJECTIVES
Define customer service
Identify socioeconomic and demographic changes
Recognize factors responsible for shift to a service culture
List six major components of customer-focused environment
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CCUSTOMER USTOMER SSERVICEERVICE
The ability of knowledgeable, capable, and enthusiastic employees to deliver products and services to their internal and external customers in a manner which satisfies identified and unidentified needs and ultimately results in positive word-of-mouth publicity and return business.
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DDEFINING EFINING CCUSTOMER USTOMER SSERVICEERVICE
Customer-focused organizations
Concept of customer service
Post-WWII service
Shift to service
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SSHIFT HIFT TTO O SSERVICE (1)ERVICE (1)Typical Former
Occupations
FarmerRanch Worker
MachinistEngineer
SteelworkerHomemaker
Factory WorkerMiner
TradespersonRailroad Worker
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SSHIFT HIFT TTO O SSERVICE (2)ERVICE (2)
Typical Service Occupations
SalespersonInsurance Agent
Food ServerAdministrative Assistant
Flight AttendantCall Center
RepresentativeRepair Person
Travel ProfessionalChild Care Provider
Security Guard
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IIMPACTMPACT OOF F EECONOMYCONOMY
Quantity of jobs
Distribution of jobs
Quality of service jobs
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AADDRESSING DDRESSING TTHE HE CCHANGESHANGES
Must provide service excellence
Must become “Learning Organizations”
Anticipate customer needs
Train employees
Give employees authority to resolve issues
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SSOCIETAL OCIETAL FFACTORS ACTORS AAFFECTING FFECTING CCUSTOMER USTOMER SSERVICE (1)ERVICE (1)
Shifts in the population profile
Increased efficiency in technology
Globalization of the economy
Deregulation of many industries
Geopolitical changes
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SSOCIETAL OCIETAL FFACTORS ACTORS AAFFECTING FFECTING CCUSTOMER USTOMER SSERVICE (2)ERVICE (2)
Increase in white-collar workers
Socioeconomic programs
More women entering workforce
More diverse population in workforce
More older workers in workforce
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SSOCIETAL OCIETAL FFACTORS ACTORS AAFFECTING FFECTING CCUSTOMER USTOMER SSERVICE (3)ERVICE (3)
Desire for better use of leisure time
Expectation of quality service
Better-educated customers
Increased number of small businesses
Growth of e-commerce
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CCUSTOMER USTOMER SSERVICE ERVICE EENVIRONMENTNVIRONMENT
CUSTOMER
Organizational Culture
Human Resources
Products/Deliverables
Delivery Systems
Service