Introduction The service industry interacts with our lives on a daily basis. Services can be defined as deeds‚ processes and performances. When considering the differences between products and services‚ intangibility and the fact that a service cannot be touched‚ tasted‚ viewed or tried on are terms often used (McColl-Kennedy & Kiel 2000). Services differ from goods in essentially four ways: (1) intangibility; (2) inseparability; (3) heterogeneity; (4) perishability (Kotler‚ Brown‚ Adam‚ Burton
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Service Capacity * Service Capacity is defined as the maximum level of value-added activity‚ which can be consistently achieved over a period of time under normal operating conditions. * The important consideration is that the service provider should be able to sustain provision of service at such a rate comfortably under normal working conditions. * It can be expressed as : 1. Max. number of patient attended by a Doctor / hr. 2. Max. number of calls attended by a Executive
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Introduction A service quality gap analysis is a management technique and a setting performance standard which is based on the actual level of business performance and delivered. By analyzing five gaps‚ firms can find some way to increase company’s profit and performance. Service quality gaps always occur in the real business environment and it is an inevitable problem. However‚ enterprises often based on their customers‚ markets and their product quality to analysis their SERVQUAL and help them
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Service Level Agreement for HR Services Overview Service level agreement for the provision of HR Services in relation to employee relations advice and recruitment assistance to managers‚ supervisors and staff. This is an internal agreement for HR services between the Human Resources Department and the Customer Services Branch. Service Specifications The designated HR team at Coastal Education Network will provide advice‚ assistance and support on the implementation of the organisation’s HR
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International Journal of Service Industry Management Emerald Article: A comparison of service delivery processes of different complexity Peter J. Danaher‚ Jan Mattsson Article information: To cite this document: Peter J. Danaher‚ Jan Mattsson‚ (1998)‚"A comparison of service delivery processes of different complexity"‚ International Journal of Service Industry Management‚ Vol. 9 Iss: 1 pp. 48 - 63 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09564239810199941 Downloaded on: 02-02-2013
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EXEMPTIONS/AMENDMENTS IN/WITHDRAWAL OF EXISTING EXEMPTIONS Rate of service tax restored to 12% As per section 66‚ the charging section under earlier regime‚ rate of service tax was 12% of the value of taxable services. However‚ the rate of service tax was reduced to 10% vide Notification No. 8/2009 ST dated 24.02.2009. With effect from 01.04.2012‚ Notification No. 02/2012-ST dated 17.03.2012 rescinded the said notification and the rate of service tax was restored to 12% for the period between 01.04.2012 to
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Our business idea has been to develop a holistic health-service related smartphone application as we have identified the growing market potential of using mobile technology to digitalise healthcare services. The application we have designed‚ eMed‚ will provides two main functions: emergency call and notifications‚ and medication monitoring and reminder. The aim of eMed is to simplify and speed up access to health and emergency services in the event of an emergency‚ and also to facilitate patient
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Chapter 2 The Nature of Services Distinctive Characteristics of Service Operations In services‚ a distinction must be made between inputs and resources. For services‚ inputs Are the customers themselves‚ and resources are the facilitating goods‚ employee labor‚ and capital at the command of the service manager. Thus‚ to function‚ the service system must interact with the customers as participants in the service process. Because customers typically arrive at their own discretion and with
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Service Management Introduction It is considered that the most critical thing for a company is to effectively and efficiently deliver the service to the customers. It does really matter which industry the organization is operating in‚ the features of services have be taken very seriously and in addition to that‚ customers have to be satisfied in order for the organization to grow. It has been argued by numerous scholars that the primary need of the customers in the modern business world is to
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role contributes to the overall delivery of the service provider There are many things that I do that contribute to the overall delivery of the service provider‚ for example I provide the best possible care I can give to the service users & families of those service users by communicating effectively & being involved in their day to day activities and personal needs I may also write their daily reports in deep detail. I read and sign all the service users care plans to ensure I can provide the
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