Grade "A+" Accredited by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.46
The course brings out the emerging service environment in India and the world. It emphasizes the distinctive aspects of Services Marketing. It aims at equipping students with concepts and techniques that help in taking decisions relating to various services marketing situations.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
Unit I (2 Weeks)
Introduction:
Increasing Importance of Services; Defining a Service; Nature of Services; Intangibility; Distinguishing Features of a Service; Managing Services; The Service Product; Relationship of Services and the organization; Services as an Opportunity; Service Industry across the world.
References:
Zeithaml Valerie A, & Bitner Mary Jo., Gremler Dwayne D., Pandit Ajay; Services Marketing, McGraw Hill [Chapter 1]
Unit II (2 Weeks)
Relevance of Services:
Emergence of The Service Economy; Outsourcing and Services; Overview of The Indian Economy; Services Sector in The Indian Economy, (Major players, Major services offered, Major centres; Circumstances that contributed to the Services boom in the Indian economy; Role and relevance of Services to the Indian economy; Classification of Services; Variety of Services offered by Indian organizations, Intangible and Tangible Services.
References:
Zeithaml Valerie A, & Bitner Mary Jo., Gremler Dwayne D., Pandit Ajay; Services Marketing, McGraw Hill [Chapter 18]
Unit III (3 Weeks)
Differentiating Services:
Distinguishing Features; The service; Promotion; Price; Place; People; Physical evidence; Process; Elements of Positioning; Service Differentiation; How Indian companies have been at the forefront of the Services industry; What do Indian companies offer to companies seeking Services support; Services as a source of competitive advantage; Increasing integration of Services with organizational plans and activities; Internal Services and External Services, Features, Relevance, Examples; Services Training and Hiring; Motivation and Employee Management in the Services sector; Factors affecting attempts of Services Differentiation.
References:
Wirtz Jochen, Lovelock Christopher H, Chatterjee Jayanta.: Services Marketing, 8e Edition, Pearson. [Chapters 3,11,]
Unit IV (5 Weeks)
Quality and Strategies:
Defining Service Quality; Researching Service Quality; Service Quality Benchmarking (Servqual, TUV, ISO etc.); Setting Quality Standards; Managing the Marketing Mix for Quality; Organizing and Implementing Service Quality; Factors affecting Service Quality Management; Customer and Customer Value Proposition and Value Creation n Services; Managing the Service Encounter; Blueprinting; Managing Customer Demand, Frequency, Quality, Training, Content and Context; Developing Relationships with Customers; Distribution Strategy; Pricing of Services; Promoting Services;. Competitors of the Indian Services Industry; Future of Services Industry in India and elsewhere; Near-shoring and Re- shoring; Services and the Gig Economy; Growth potential of the Services Industry
References:
Zeithaml Valerie A, & Bitner Mary Jo., Gremler Dwayne D., Pandit Ajay; Services Marketing, McGraw Hill [Chapter 6,7,16,17]
Wirtz Jochen, Lovelock Christopher H, Chatterjee Jayanta.: Services Marketing, 8e Edition, Pearson. [Chapters 5,6,9,11,12]
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