MKT2012 Services Marketing

Requisites

Pre-requisite: MKT1001

Other requisites

Computer, e-mail and Internet access: Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/ict/students/standards/default.htm.

Synopsis

The theme of the course is that services (both commercial and not-for-profit) possess several unique characteristics that require a distinctive approach to marketing strategy - both in its development and execution. This is not to imply that the approach is unique, but rather distinctive. Therefore we build upon and expand the marketing concepts and models, and then adapt them to the services sector. We use marketing to examine how to improve service quality, increase and maintain customer satisfaction levels, generate customer loyalty, and create a healthy service culture within the firm. In services we discuss the 7 Ps of the 'Services Marketing Mix' (the traditional 4 Ps plus people, processes, and physical evidence). Since many services have a strong people or employee component (the fifth "p" of the marketing mix), time is devoted to examining successful internal marketing and relationship management, in addition to the more traditional customer-focused external marketing.

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