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Organizational behavior : core concepts by Vecchio Robert P.

Table of Contents: “…Enhancing Employee Motivation Using Rewards, Goals, Expectations and Empowerment. …”

Personnel management : theory and practice by Gerald A. Cole

Table of Contents: “…Questions for discussion/homework; examination questions; case study 5 - the management trainee scheme; case study 6 - performance appraisal at Midsure Ltd. Section 6 Employee relations: perspectives on employee relations; formal communication in organizations; collective bargaining; the role of trade unions; disputes and sanctions; grievance and disciplines; employee participation and empowerment; Employment law - individual rights. …”

Management theory and practice by Cole G.A

Table of Contents: “…Stress management and employee counselling. 48. Job evaluation. 49. Employee relations and collective rights. 50. …”

Services management : an integrated approach

Table of Contents: “…74 (2) The basic building blocks of promotion 76 (7) Designing a marketing communications strategy for services 83 (9) Drawing up a promotion plan 92 (2) Conclusion 94 (1) Review and discussion questions 95 (1) Notes and references 95 (1) Suggested further reading 96 (2) 6 Pricing services 98 (25) Marion Debruyne, Stefan Stremersch Introduction 98 (1) Objectives 98 (23) Developing a framework for pricing decisions 99 (2) Pricing objectives 101 (1) Pricing strategies 102 (13) Pricing structure 115 (3) Pricing levels and tactics 118 (2) Conclusion 120 (1) Review and discussion questions 121 (1) Notes and references 121 (1) Suggested further reading 122 (1) 7 Customer satisfaction and complaint management 123 (32) Gino Van Ossel, Stefan Stremersch, Paul Gemmel Introduction 123 (1) Objectives 123 (29) Service quality and customer satisfaction 124 (1) A service satisfaction framework 125 (1) Measuring customer satisfaction 126 (12) Complaint management 138 (14) Conclusion 152 (1) Review and discussion questions 152 (1) Notes and references 153 (1) Suggested further reading 154 (1) 8 Service guarantees and service-level agreements 155 (24) Gino Van Ossel, Paul Gemmel Introduction 155 (1) Objectives 156 (21) Service guarantees 156 (12) Service-level agreements 168 (4) Internal service guarantees and service-level agreements 172 (5) Conclusion 177 (1) Review and discussion questions 177 (1) Notes and references 177 (1) Suggested further reading 178 (1) Part Three: HUMAN RESOURCES IN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 179 (76) 9 The role of human resource practices in service organizations 181 (13) Bart Van Looy, Koen Dewettinck, Dirk Buyens, Tine Vandenbossche Introduction 181 (1) Objectives 182 (10) The nature of services 182 (5) Human resource management for services 187 (5) Conclusion 192 (1) Review and discussion questions 192 (1) Notes and references 192 (1) Suggested further reading 193 (1) 10 Competencies and service organizations 194 (1) Walter Stevens, Dries Faems, Bart Van Looy, Tine Vandenbossche, Dirk Buyens Introduction 194 (1) Objectives 194 (18) Designing competency-based HR practices 195 (9) Competencies for service organizations 204 (8) Conclusion 212 (1) Review and discussion questions 212 (1) Notes and references 213 (1) Suggested further reading 213 (1) 11 Collaboration: integrating work and learning 214 (1) Bart Van Looy Introduction 214 (1) Objectives 215 (12) The benefits of collaboration in the workplace 215 (3) The broader relevance of collaboration to services 218 (1) The role of collaboration in learning 219 (3) Collaboration as the central theme 222 (1) Establishing collaborative relationships 223 (4) Conclusion 227 (1) Review and discussion questions 227 (1) Notes and references 227 (1) Suggested further reading 228 (1) 12 The role of empowerment in service organizations 229 (1) Bart Van Looy, Krist'l Krols, Dirk Buyens, Tine Vandenbossche Introduction 229 (1) Objectives 230 (11) The relevance of empowerment for service environments 231 (1) Empowerment: the employee and the supervisor 232 (5) Empowerment: the organization 237 (3) Conclusion 240 (1) Review and discussion questions 241 (1) Notes and references 241 (1) Suggested further reading 242 (1) 13 Role stress among front-line employees 243 (1) Koen Dewettinck, Dirk Buyens Introduction 243 (1) Objectives 244 (8) Relevance of role stress for the service encounter 244 (1) Role stress defined 245 (2) Handling role stress for front-line employees 247 (5) Conclusion 252 (1) Review and discussion questions 252 (1) Notes and references 253 (1) Suggested further reading 254 (1) Part Four: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 255 (1) 14 Service process design and management 259 (112) Paul Gemmel Introduction 259 (1) Objectives 260 (14) Process choice 261 (2) Process design 263 (4) Process monitoring 267 (1) Process evaluation 268 (3) Process re-engineering 271 (3) Conclusion 274 (1) Review and discussion questions 274 (1) Notes and references 274 (2) Suggested further reading 276 (1) 15 Capacity management 277 (1) Roland Van Dierdonck Introduction 277 (2) Objectives 279 (35) Capacity and capacity management 279 (6) Capacity planning 285 (6) Scheduling capacity 291 (9) Managing the demand side 300 (7) The psychology and managerial consequences of waiting 307 (7) Conclusion 314 (1) Review and discussion questions 314 (1) Technical note 315 (1) Notes and references 315 (1) Suggested further reading 316 (1) 16 Facilities management 317 (1) Roland Van Dierdonck, Paul Gemmel, Steven Desmet Introduction 317 (1) Objectives 318 (20) The nature of facilities management in services 319 (1) Back office versus front office 320 (2) Location 322 (10) Designing the servicescape 332 (5) Conclusion 337 (1) Review and discussion questions 338 (1) Notes and references 338 (1) Suggested further reading 339 (1) 17 IT developments and their impact on services 340 (1) Tim Duhamel, Bart Van Looy, Wilfried Grommen, Wim Grielens, Niels Schillewaert, Pedro Matth��nssens Introduction 340 (1) Objectives 341 (25) The network era - Where do we stand? …”

Relationship marketing : exploring relational strategies in marketing by Egan, John

Table of Contents: “…Preface ix Acknowledgements xi List of abbreviations xiv Part I RELATIONSHIPS 1 (110) Relationships in marketing 3 (27) Key issues 3 (1) Introduction 3 (1) Influences on relational strategy development 4 (4) RM development 8 (4) Antecedents of RM 12 (2) The development of RM 14 (4) Towards a definition of RM 18 (6) Summary 24 (1) Discussion questions 25 (1) Case study: Now that's really radical 25 (2) References 27 (3) Relationships 30 (21) Key issues 30 (1) Introduction 30 (1) Relationships 30 (1) Relationship forming 31 (1) Categorising relationships 32 (4) Relationship loyalty 36 (6) Unrealistic relationship development 42 (3) Relationships in context 45 (1) Summary 46 (1) Discussion questions 46 (1) Case study: Manchester United plans to establish fans' forum 47 (1) References 48 (3) Relationship economics 51 (24) Key issues 51 (1) Introduction 51 (1) Relationship economics 51 (2) Customer acquisition 53 (1) Customer retention 53 (1) Acquisition and retention costs 54 (3) Economics of retention strategies 57 (5) Marketing reality 62 (1) Lifetime value 63 (1) Switching costs 64 (2) Relationship longevity 66 (2) Knowing your customer 68 (2) The validity of relationship economics 70 (1) Summary 71 (1) Discussion questions 71 (1) Case study: IKEA has to look out for retailer's friendly touch 71 (2) References 73 (2) Strategy continuum 75 (13) Key issues 75 (1) Introduction 75 (1) RM in context 75 (1) RM/TM continuum 76 (3) Marketing implications 79 (1) Continuum drivers 80 (3) Summary 83 (1) Discussion questions 84 (1) Case study: Inside track 84 (2) References 86 (2) Relationship drivers 88 (23) Key issues 88 (1) Introduction 88 (1) Risk, salience and emotion 88 (3) Trust and commitment 91 (5) Perceived need for closeness 96 (1) Customer satisfaction 97 (9) Summary 106 (1) Discussion questions 107 (1) Case study: A question of trust 107 (2) References 109 (2) Part II THE CORE FIRM AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS 111 (74) Customer partnerships 115 (22) Key issues 115 (1) Introduction 115 (1) Customer focus 115 (2) Services 117 (2) Service industries 119 (2) Customer service 121 (3) Building customer relationships 124 (6) Profit chains 130 (3) Summary 133 (1) Discussion questions 133 (1) Case study: Mr Clean: biography of Toffael Rashid 133 (2) References 135 (2) Internal partnerships 137 (18) Key issues 137 (1) Introduction 137 (1) Customer--employee interface 137 (1) Theory development 138 (2) The internal market 140 (1) The functional interface 141 (3) Climate and culture 144 (1) Employee retention and loyalty 144 (1) Empowerment 145 (2) IM implementations 147 (2) Conclusion 149 (1) Summary 150 (1) Discussion questions 151 (1) Case study: Employees hold key to thwarting the competition 151 (1) References 152 (3) Supplier partnerships 155 (13) Key issues 155 (1) Introduction 155 (1) Supplier partnerships 156 (1) Business-to-business relationship research 156 (1) Business relationships 157 (2) Partnering 159 (1) Culture gap 160 (1) Partnership costs and benefits 161 (1) Power 162 (1) The downside of B2B partnerships 162 (2) Summary 164 (1) Discussion questions 164 (1) Case study: What to buy 164 (2) References 166 (2) External partnerships 168 (17) Key issues 168 (1) Introduction 168 (1) Horizontal partnerships 168 (1) Relationship research 169 (1) Networks and collaboration 170 (1) Networks 171 (1) Collaboration 172 (1) Collaboration types 172 (3) Developing collaborative relationships 175 (3) Downsides 178 (1) Other relationships 179 (2) Conclusion 181 (1) Summary 181 (1) Discussion questions 181 (1) Case study: Star Alliance saving customers $100 million annually 182 (1) References 183 (2) Part III MANAGING AND CONTROLLING THE RELATIONSHIP 185 (40) Relationship technology 187 (19) Key issues 187 (1) Introduction 187 (2) Manufacturing technology 189 (2) Information technology 191 (3) Marketing types 194 (4) The changing marketplace 198 (3) Summary 201 (1) Discussion questions 202 (1) Case study: End of the line for loyalty? …”