Short description
Argues that service businesses aim for customer satisfaction, employee productivity, and loyalty.
Long description
This is the product of research by a team of Harvard Business School authorities on service-firm management. It provides a model that managers should be able to use - with practical guidelines that have been implemented already by high-performing companies. Directly linking profit and growth not only to customer loyalty and satisfaction but to employee productivity, loyalty, and satisfaction, the authors lay out a step-by-step action plan for managing, marketing, hiring, delivering services, and assessing faults. With in-depth case studies that demonstrate how the best companies do it, this work aims to enable managers to unlock their true potential and secure a place at the forefront of their industry.
Review
C. William Pollard
Chairman, The Servicemaster Company
Profit and service do mix. Jim Heskett, Earl Sasser and Len Schlesinger have provided a systematic way for us to understand the link. The examples that the authors draw from their studies and experiences make the book come alive -- it is a real learning experience.