Measuring Service Performance - Softcover

Lisch, Ralf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032836962 ISBN 13: 9781032836966

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

In service societies, the tertiary sector has long become the primary sector in terms of GDP and employment. Quality research and testing means better service, and success in the service industries demands quality. Nonetheless, complaints about insufficient, inconsistent or bad service abound. Quality decides on success and failure. Where so much is at stake, management decisions call for systematic research and consumers look for relevant results that provide guidance in complex markets. Research into quality and customer satisfaction gets to the core of a business. However, many so-called studies hardly meet essential criteria of empirical research and deliver artefacts rather than facts. This book puts an end to common misconceptions of quality studies. Measuring Service Performance is an appeal for an approach to quality research that meets quality criteria itself. It is a compelling argument against widespread but rather dubious dealings with measurement, data and statistics. Ralf Lisch calls for a reconsideration of the research process, focussing on content instead of method and adding meaning to results. Because service excellence deserves research excellence. Written in a practical, accessible style, the book offers practitioners as well as market researchers, MBA students and others involved in the service sector a critical analysis and discussion of the essentials of 'Practical Research for Better Quality'.

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About the Author

Dr Ralf Lisch is an independent consultant and writer based in Singapore. He studied sociology and social research at universities in Germany and the United States. The author knows the service industry from multiple perspectives - as academic researcher, director of a leading consumer organization and managing director of service companies. Several of his research projects and comparative tests of service quality were much acclaimed and gained high public attention. As a critical sociologist, his major focus is always on people - because in the service sector, people determine the business and decide on success and failure. Ralf Lisch has published numerous books and articles on management and empirical research topics. His most recent publication was an analysis of Niccolò Machiavelli's �€�The Prince�€� from a management perspective under the title: �€�Ancient Wisdom for Modern Management - Machiavelli at 500�€�, which is also published by Gower Publishing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032836962
• ISBN 13: 9781032836966
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212