Management of Service Operations

Management of Service Operations
Author: W. Earl Sasser
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 760
Release: 1978
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Textbook on operational management in the service sector - presents case studies concerning service delivery systems in the USA, and discussing business organization, capacity management, and management techniques for service operations. Illustrations and statistical tables.

Service And Operations Management

Service And Operations Management
Author: Cengiz Haksever
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 691
Release: 2017-12-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9813209461

The purpose of this book is to provide cutting-edge information on service management such as the role services play in an economy, service strategy, ethical issues in services and service supply chains. It also covers basic topics of operations management including linear and goal programming, project management, inventory management and forecasting.This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to services and operational management challenges; it draws upon the theory and practice in many fields of study such as economics, management science, statistics, psychology, sociology, ethics and technology, to name a few. It contains chapters most textbooks do not include, such as ethics, management of public and non-profit service organizations, productivity and measurement of performance, routing and scheduling of service vehicles.An Instructor's Solutions Manual is available upon request for all instructors who adopt this book as a course text. Please send your request to [email protected].

Operations Management: Policy, Practice and Performance Improvement

Operations Management: Policy, Practice and Performance Improvement
Author: Steve Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2013-06-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136375473

'Operations Management: policy, practices, performance improvement' is the latest state-of-the-art approach to operations management. It provides new cutting edge input into operations management theory and practice that cannot be found in any other text. Discussing both strategic and tactical inputs it combines and balances service and manufacturing operations. * Cutting edge techniques accompanied by brand new case studies * Challenges standard approaches * Comprehensive coverage of strategic supply management * Critical sample questions to aid discussion * Reading lists and articles to support learning * Additional lecturer support material This outstanding author team is from the Operations Management Group at the University of Bath. Their expertise and knowledge is apparent in the text, and they bring to it their original research and experience in the field of operations management.

Operations Management

Operations Management
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415249256

Service Management

Service Management
Author: Cengiz Haksever
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0133088774

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Managing Services

Managing Services
Author: Kathryn Haynes
Publisher: Academic
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019969608X

The book is a collection of perspectives on service and service management written by leading researchers in the field. It considers the range and importance of services, the challenges of managing services and recent contemporary innovations in services and service management.

Managing Service Operations

Managing Service Operations
Author: Bill Hollins
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2006-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1848604661

`Bill Hollins continues his practical investigation of design in the service sector. In this new book with Sadie Shinkins, he provides a down to earth approach to an important topic in the field′ - Naomi Gornick, Honorary Professor, University of Dundee Guiding readers through each stage in the design and implementation of service operations, this book combines lively examples that are easy to relate to with clearly explained theory. Throughout, chapters contain pedagogical features that will help students to get the most from the ideas and examples being presented in the book. They include: - Chapter objectives; - Short cases; - Student exercises; - Chapter summaries; - Further reading section; - A glossary of key terms.

Production/operations Management

Production/operations Management
Author: Terry Hill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 680
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Covers key aspects of managing either the production function responsible for manufacturing a product or an operations function responsible for providing a service. The book includes case studies reflecting the nature of management. An LPBB edition is available.

Service Operations Management, Second Edition

Service Operations Management, Second Edition
Author: David W. Parker
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2018-06-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788115945

Service Operations Management, Second Edition provides a global perspective on service operations, with expanded coverage of service operations for not-for-profit agencies, charities, NGOs and utilities, alongside commercial companies. With new, updated case studies and original research embracing big-data analytics and neurolinguistics in building customer service systems, this book will be an invaluable tool for postgraduate and MBA students of service operations and undergraduates specialising in hospitality, tourism and public sector management.