Chapter 11 - Services Marketing

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Managing the customer service function
Lorisse Bazley
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Question 1

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The two goals of customer service are:
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  • reduced costs and error minimisation
  • satisfaction and operational effectiveness
  • co-production and operational efficiency
  • satisfaction and operational efficiency
  • reduced variability and increased tangibility

Question 2

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Which of the following is NOT one of the guidelines for effective program implementation?
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  • Recruit the right employees
  • Educate customers, too
  • Develop a pricing policy
  • Individualise response systems
  • Be efficient first, nice second

Question 3

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Under which of the following conditions is it important to separate proactive selling from simple order-taking?
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  • The service situation is high-contact, so the customer is more involved.
  • The bulk of consumption is accounted for by repeat use.
  • The initial contact occurs weeks before the customer receives the service.
  • It takes a long time to complete service delivery.
  • The services are capacity-constrained.

Question 4

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A call centre’s managers are concerned about improving operational efficiency. With what other consideration should they balance this concern?
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  • Proactive selling
  • Costs of running the business
  • Customer service
  • Price of services
  • The Flower of Service

Question 5

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To manage the customer service function, companies must balance customer satisfaction against ________.
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  • customer demands
  • operational efficiency
  • customer delight
  • touchpoints
  • proactive selling

Question 6

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Which of the following is NOT a customer service function?
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  • Greeting customers on arrival
  • Expediting delivery to customers
  • Providing information as part of the sales support team
  • Resolving problems and handling complaints
  • Developing face-to-face sales presentations

Question 7

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Arrange the following steps in setting customer-defined standards in chronological order.
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  • Translate customer expectations into behaviours Set key performance indicators Provide feedback to employees Determine customer expectations for each service encounter
  • Determine customer expectations for each service encounter - Translate customer expectations into behaviours - Set key performance indicators - Provide feedback to employees

Question 8

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A service culture requires all of the following EXCEPT:
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  • continuous monitoring of customer satisfaction
  • reward systems that reflect customer service goals
  • ambivalence from top management
  • continuous training
  • time to develop

Question 9

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Delivering the core service as promised is often totally within the control of:
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  • sales people
  • marketers
  • boundary spanners
  • frontline personnel
  • staff personnel

Question 10

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Service firms with multi-site operations make use of ________ and ________ to centralise functions that don’t require face-to-face contact.
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  • automation; personalisation
  • technology; scripts
  • scripts; role plays
  • technology; telecommunications
  • call centres; role plays
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