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EMPLOYEES ROLE IN
SERVICE DELIVERY
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EMPLOYEES ROLES IN
SERVICE DELIVERY The importance of people in the marketing of
services is captured in the people element of the
services marketing mix, which is described as allof the human actor who play a part in the service
delivery and thus influence the buyers perceptions:
namely the firms personnel, the customer and
other customers in the service environment.
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EMPLOYEES ROLES IN
SERVICE DELIVERY The importance of people in the marketing of
services is captured in the people element of the
services marketing mix, which is described as allof the human actor who play a part in the service
delivery and thus influence the buyers perceptions:
namely the firms personnel, the customer and
other customers in the service environment.
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EMPLOYEES ROLES IN
SERVICE DELIVERY The focus is on service employees because
are the service,
they are the organization in the customers eyes,
they are the marketers.
In many cases the contact employee is the service
there is nothing else. The offering is the employee. Thus investment in the employee to improve the
service parallels making a direct investment in the
improvement of a manufactured product.
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EMPLOYEES ROLES IN
SERVICE DELIVERY Even if the contact employee doesnt perform the
service entirely, they may still personify the firm
in the customers eyes. Because contact employees represent the firm and
can directly influence customer satisfaction they
form the role of marketers. They personally
embody the product and are walking billboardsfrom a promotional standpoint. Some may also
perform more traditional selling roles.
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EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION &
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION There is concrete evidence that satisfied
employees make for satisfied customers and
satisfied customers in turn can in turn reinforceemployees sense of satisfaction in their jobs.
Some have even gone so far as to suggest that
unless service employees are happy in their jobs,
customer satisfaction will be difficult to achieve.
Employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction and
customer loyalty reinforce each other over time.
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SERVICE QUALITY AND
EMPLOYEES All of the five elements of service quality can be
influenced directly by service employees.
Delivering the service as promised--reliability--isoften totally within the control of frontline
employees.
They can also influence customer perceptions of
responsiveness through their personal willingness
to help and their promptness in serving customers.
The assurance dimension of service quality is
highly dependent on employees ability to inspire
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SERVICE QUALITY AND
EMPLOYEES Empathy implies that employees will pay attention
listen, adapt, and be flexible in delivering what
individual customers need. Employees appearance and dress are important
aspects of the tangible dimension of quality along
with many factors that are independent of service
employees.
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STRATEGIES
A complex combination of strategies is needed to
ensure that service employees are willing and able
to deliver quality services and that they staymotivated to perform in customer oriented, service
minded ways.
To build such a work force an organization must--
hire the right people, develop people to deliverservice quality, provide the needed support
systems and retain the best people.
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STRATEGIES
HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE: this implies that
considerable attention should be focussed on
hiring and recruiting service personnel. Compete for the best people-- competing for talent
market share. Firms should act like marketers in
their pursuit of the best employees. This means
using a variety of methods to recruit employees.
Hire for service competencies and service
inclination--service competencies are the skills
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STRATEGIES
HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE:
and knowledge necessary to do the job. Service
inclination is their interest in doing service relatedwork, which is reflected in their attitudes toward
service and orientation toward serving customers
and others on the job.
Be the preferred employee--involves many
strategies many of which revolve around treating
employees as whole people and addressing their
personal as well as work needs.
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STRATEGIES
DEVELOP PEOPLE TO DELIVER SERVICE
QUALITY: once the firm has hired the right
people, the organization must train and work withthese individuals to ensure service performance.
Train for technical and interactive skills--this
training is not just for the frontline employees but
also for support staff, supervisors, and managers.It is important that this training be ongoing. It has
to be viewed as an important investment for future
success.
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STRATEGIES
DEVELOP PEOPLE TO DELIVER SERVICE
QUALITY:
Empower employees--this means givingemployees the desire, skills, tools, and authority to
serve the customer. An empowered organization is
characterized by flexibility, quick decisions, and
authority given to frontline people. Empowermenthas pros and cons.
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STRATEGIES
DEVELOP PEOPLE TO DELIVER SERVICE
QUALITY:
Promote teamwork--this will help alleviate thestresses and strains. Employees who feel
supported and have a team backing them up will
be better able to maintain their enthusiasm and
provide quality service. One way of doing so is toencourage the attitude that everyone has a
customer. Teams should be organized around
market based groupings rather than functional line
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STRATEGIES
DEVELOP PEOPLE TO DELIVER
SERVICE QUALITY:
Provide needed support systems--serviceworkers require internal support systems
that are aligned with their need to be
customer focussed. To do so, one needs tomeasure internal service quality, provide
supportive technology and equipment,
develop service oriented internal processes.
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STRATEGIES
DEVELOP PEOPLE TO DELIVER
SERVICE QUALITY:
Retain the best people--employee turnovercan be very detrimental to customer
satisfaction. To do so one needs to include
employees in the companys vision, treatemployees as customers, measure and
reward strong service performers.
Service culture--a good service is a way of
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EMPLOYEE RETENTION
OLD CONCEPT:-
lifetime employment
retention for good
if he/she is average, nobody will recruit
him/her. So he/she stays.
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NEW CONCEPT AT
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE RETENTION AND COMPENSATION:-
Honest assessment
How long employee will stay
All employees dont need same retention efforts.
Importance varies
customer support worker deeply respected bycustomers needs to be retained for a longer period.
Some skills in short supply.
Easy to fill jobs require least priority
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NEW CONCEPT AT
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE Dont use same mechanism across the
board.
Paying hotskills premium.
The problem with ESOP.
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JOB DESIGN:-UNITED
PARCEL SERVICE Drivers key people in delivery business.
Possess important skills:-
Route knowledge .
Direct relationship with customers .
Replacement of driver time consuming.
Takes months to achieve skill maturity.
High attrition rates.
Tedious job of loading packages.
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JOB DESIGN:-UNITED
PARCEL SERVICE Separated the same.
Assigned to new worker.
Attrition rate falls down.
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JOB CUSTOMIZATION:
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE Performance agreements.
Flexible payments in salary.
Part time ------
Parenting .
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LOCATION
Critical.
Silicon valley versus rural area.
Skills are not in demand in rural places.
Less attrition.
Challenge to attract people for these location.
Right profiles may be ready--- employees with young families.
STILL THE MARKET FORCES WILL BE
TOO STRONG