This practical, self-study book was developed to help you establish and manage a quality service operation. Learn how to determine customer needs, how to effectively and efficiently meet those needs, and how to continually measure your service level. Table of Contents How This Book Is Organized Developing a Customer-Service Perspective Stage 1: Understanding Your Customer What Is Your Specific Service Niche? What Are the Characteristics of the Service(s) You Provide? Developing Your Customer Profile How Do Your Customers See You? Review and Action Plan Stage 2: Set Quality Service Standards The Importance of Setting Quality Service Standards The Two Dimensions of Quality Service Writing Quality Service Standard Statements Prioritizing Your Quality Customer-Service Standards Review and Action Plan Stage 3: Build a Winning Team Putting Quality into the Design of Customer Jobs Writing Job Specs in Quality Customer-Service Terms Screening Job Applicants for Quality Customer-Service Abilities Training for Quality Customer-Service Quality Customer-Service Leadership A Supportive Organizational Climate Review and Action Plan Stage 4: Check Up Regularly A Service Audit System A Customer Feedback System Employee Feedback Systems Review and Action Plan Stage 5: Provide Proactive Problem Solving Create a Supportive Climate for Solving Customer-Service Problems Use Your Customer-Service Team to Identify Customer-Service Problem Areas Use Your Customer-Service Team as a Resource for Improving Service Turn Customer Problems into Opportunities for Better Customer Service Review and Action Plan Additional Customer-Service Resources Objectives To show how to set quality service standards To identify characteristics of a winning customer-service team To provide proactive customer-service problem solving To explain customer-service audits and feedback
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