MKT561 Services Marketing (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Marketing (MARKT)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Contemporary market economies are dominated by services. This subject helps students appreciate the distinct characteristics of services and the implications these have for developing and implementing marketing strategies in a wide range of service industries. Current issues in technology and ethics are also examined in relation to service organisations.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: MKT561
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Enrolment restrictions:
Postgraduate students only
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to identify the distinctive characteristics of services marketing and explain the expanded marketing mix;
- be able to conceptualise and explain the significance of satisfaction, value and service quality in achieving competitive advantage, and devise approaches for measuring these elements;
- be able to formulate a service product strategy and explain the important considerations in the development of new services;
- be able to explain the importance of asset use and yield management and develop pricing objectives and strategies;
- be able to describe capacity management techniques and formulate demand management strategies;
- be able to discuss the implications of service characteristics on marketing communications, and develop appropriate marketing communications strategies;
- be able to design an effective customer service organisation, including implementation guidelines for a customer service program;
- be able to articulate the importance of customer retention, and develop retention strategies; and
- be able to describe and develop an effective service recovery process.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Service products, customers and employees
1. introduction to services marketing
2. customer behaviour, service encounters, customer satisfaction and service quality
3. service employees
Service model
1. targeting and positioning
2. service product strategy
Strategic issues
1. service delivery
2. costs and pricing
3. services promotion
Management issues
1. customer relationship management
2. customer complaints and service recovery management
3. international services marketing
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.