Services Marketing Syllabus
Services Marketing Syllabus
Services Marketing Syllabus
Second semester
BUSE217 SERVICES MARKETING
UNIT I
Marketing Services:Introduction - Growth of the service sector - The Concept of Service -
Characteristics of Service – Classification of Service – Designing of the Service, Blueprinting,
Using Technology, Developing Human Resources, Building Service Aspirations.
UNIT II
Marketing Mix In Service Marketing: The Seven Ps: Product Decision, Pricing, Strategies And
Tactics, Promotion Of Service And Placing Of Distribution Methods For Services. Additional
Dimension In Services Marketing – People, Physical Evidence And Process.
UNIT III
Effective Management Of Service Marketing: Marketing Demand And Supply through Capacity
Planning and Segmentation – Internal Marketing of Services – External versus Internal
Orientation of Service Strategy.
UNIT IV
Delivering Quality Service: Causes Of Service – Quality Gaps. The Customer Expectations
Versus Perceived Service Gap. Factors And Techniques To Resolve This Gap Customer
Relationship Management.
Gaps in Services – Quality Standards, Factors and Solutions – The Service Performance Gap –
Key Factors and Strategies for Closing the Gap. External Communication to the Customers –
The Promise versus Delivery Gap – Developing Appropriate and Effective Communication
about Service Quality.
UNIT V
Marketing Of Service With Special Reference: Financial Services – Health Service -Hospitality
Services including travel, hotels and tourism - Professional Service - Public Utility Services -
Educational Services.
Reference Books
1. Bateman, J.E. and Hoffman, D., Services Marketing, 4thEdition, Cengage Learning, 2011.
2. Gronoos, C., Service Management and Marketing: Customer Management in Service
Competition, 3rdEdition, Wiley India, 2011.
3. Jauhari, V. and Dutta, K., Services: Marketing, Operations and Management, Oxford
University press, 2009.
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4. Lovelock, C., Wirtz, J. and Chatterjee, J., Services Marketing, 7thEdition, Pearson, 2011.
5. Srinivasan, R., Services Marketing: Indian Context, PHI Learning, 2012.
6. Zeithaml, V., Bitner, M.J., Gremler, D. and Pandit, A., Services Marketing, 5 thEdition, Tata
McGraw-Hill Education, 2010.