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SRV 340 Week 1 Discussion 1 Services
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Discussion 1 Services Marketing   Services
Marketing. Discuss the importance of services
marketing. How is services marketing unique from
marketing a product or other tangible item?
Additionally, discuss the impact of services
marketing on industrialized nations and global
competition, providing specific examples. Respond
to at least two of your classmates postings.
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SRV 340 Week 1 Discussion 2 Consumer Behavior For
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SRV 340 Week 1 Discussion 2 Consumer
Behavior   Consumer Behavior. There are three
stages of service consumption Prepurchase,
Service Encounter, and Postencounter. Discuss the
marketing challenges for each of the three stages
and give suggestions for solutions to overcoming
the challenges. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
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SRV 340 Week 2 Assignment Seven Elements of
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Assignment Seven Elements of Service
Marketing   Seven Elements of Service Marketing.
In a three- to five-page paper (not including
title and reference pages), select a service
organization to use as an illustration in
discussing the seven elements of service
marketing. Also, include a discussion of how
these elements form a competitive advantage for a
service organization. Use the course text and two
additional scholarly sources from the Ashford
Online Library to support your paper. Your paper
must be formatted according to APA-style guidelin
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SRV 340 Week 2 Discussion 1 Pricing Ethics For
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SRV 340 Week 2 Discussion 1 Pricing
Ethics   Pricing Ethics. Consider review question
8 from Chapter 6 why are ethical concerns and
fairness perception important issues when
designing service pricing schedules and revenue
management strategies? What are potential
consumer responses to service pricing schedules
or policies perceived as unfair? Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.
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SRV 340 Week 2 Discussion 2 Citis Marketing
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Discussion 2 Citis Marketing Strategy   Citis
Marketing Strategy. Read the article and discuss
how Citi has differentiated its marketing
strategy from other large financial institutions.
How has Citi made its new approach a success?
Respond to at least two of your
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SRV 340 Week 3 Discussion 1 Managing Services
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Discussion 1 Managing Services Processes    Managi
ng Services Processes. Service organizations tend
to manage their processes by use of flowcharting
and blueprinting. Discuss the differences and
similarities of the flowchart and blueprint and
determine which method you feel is the most
effective and why. Respond to at least two of
your classmates postings.
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SRV 340 Week 3 Discussion 2 Demand and Productive
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Discussion 2 Demand and Productive
Capacity   Demand and Productive Capacity. We
know customers might expect or demand more than a
service organization can deliver, yet the
organization must keep the perception of the
value of its services high in the minds of its
customers. Discuss how an organization uses
waiting
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SRV 340 Week 4 Discussion 1 Image Positioning
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Discussion 1 Image, Positioning,
Differentiation   Image, Positioning,
Differentiation. Since services are intangible,
it is often difficult for a consumer to assess
their quality. Services organizations, therefore,
separate themselves from competitors by physical
and environmental characteristics. After watching
the two videos showing the Arcotel Velvet Hotel
and the Grand Californian Hotel, identify at
least two aspects of each design that set it
apart from
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SRV 340 Week 4 Discussion 2 Managing People For
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SRV 340 Week 4 Discussion 2 Managing
People   Managing People. Since a services
organization does not sell a tangible product,
the manner in which the service is delivered
becomes critical to the value perception of the
consumer. The person delivering the service is
frequently called the frontline employee and
experiences unique challenges. Because of these
unique
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SRV 340 Week 5 Discussion 1 Customer Loyalty
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Discussion 1 Customer Loyalty Programs   Customer
Loyalty Programs. How much is a customer worth
over a lifetime of buying? The text in Chapter 12
tells us the longer a customer purchases from a
services organization, the more valuable the
customer to the success of the organization. Is
it any wonder organizations have designed
customer loyalty programs to ensure the customer
stays? Identify at least two types of customer
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SRV 340 Week 5 Discussion 2 Handling Customer
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Discussion 2 Handling Customer Complaints   Handli
ng Customer Complaints. Although customer
complaints are commonly dreaded, the feedback
from the customer can actually give the services
organization an opportunity to improve its
quality of services and build customer loyalty.
The manner in which a complaint is handled,
however, will determine whether or not such a
positive outcome is achieved. Discuss what
customers
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SRV 340 Week 5 Final Paper Service Services
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Paper   Service Services Generational
Gaps   Focus of the Final Paper   In a six- to
eight-page paper, select a challeng
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