Module Information

Module Identifier
ILM5710
Module Title
MARKETING OF SERVICES
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Dr Judith E Preston
Semester
Semester 2
Other Staff
 

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Lecture 20 Hours. 10 lectrures x 2 hour
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Case Study Report  3,000 words  100%

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module students should be able to:

  • describe and discuss the differing marketing paradigms;
  • describe and analyse the characteristics of services and the service offering;
  • analyse suitable service strategies:
  • identify the components of service quality:
  • discuss the nature of competition;
  • assess the role of the Internet and the importance of e-marketing for services;
  • design appropriate internal marketing strategies

Aims

The service sector today occupies a significant position in the economies of most countries especially those in the West. As private sector service companies face increasingly fierce levels of competition, a further group of public services, including libraries, are beginning to experience the realities of competition for the first time. Service producers and managers have to be sure increasingly that they are producing the right services in the right places at the right time for the right price. Thus, marketing within the service sector is more important than it has ever been.

Reading List

Essential Reading
Gronroos, C. (2000) Service management and marketing: a customer relationship approach 2nd John Wiley & Sons Primo search Palmer, A. (2002) Principles of services marketing 3rd McGraw Hill Primo search Zeithaml V.A. and M.J. Bitner (2003) Services marketing 3rd McGraw Hill Primo search Recommended Consultation
Hart, K. (1999) Putting marketing ideas into action London: Library Association Publishing Ltd Primo search Pantry, S. and Griffiths, P. (1998) Becoming a successful intrapreneur London: Library Association Publishing Ltd Primo search Savard, R. (ed.) (2000) Adapting marketing to libraries in a changing and world-wide environment. Papers presented at the 63rd IFLA Conference, September 1997. IFLA Primo search Savard, R. (ed.) (2002) Education and research for marketing and quality management in libraries. Satellite meeting, Quebec, August 14-16 2001 Munchen: K. G. Saur Primo search The Free Pint portal which always has items on e-marketing http://www.freepint.com

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7