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Postgraduate Course: Marketing of Services (BUST11225)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits15 ECTS Credits7.5
SummaryThe Marketing of Services course is designed for those who recognise the crucial role that services play in the economy. This course aims to advance students' knowledge of marketing and complement financial services marketing courses. It is designed to broaden students' view of marketing, provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the unique characteristics of services and how services marketers and managers adopt marketing theory in practice. This understanding will be achieved by introducing, discussing, and analysing several topics important to service firms to ensure the achievement of customer satisfaction and long-term success of service organization through the delivery of excellent service. Therefore, strategies used by successful services marketers to deal with issues such as service failure, inconsistent service quality, manage customer expectations, service innovation and services loyalty will be discussed.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Knowledge and Understanding

    - Demonstrate an understanding of key issues involved in services marketing, such as, the distinctive characteristics of services, the key differences between manufacturing and service firms, service quality, customer satisfaction and services loyalty

    - Develop an insight into the nature and importance of service sectors to economies at national and international levels and an understanding of the "state of the art" service management thinking.

    - Appreciate the role of employees (and often customers) in service delivery, explain the main challenges involved in the marketing of services and learn how to manage issues related to service failure and recovery.

    - Understand the nature of the Services Marketing Mix (7Ps), how it expands upon the traditional Marketing Mix (4Ps) and how it is applied in service and manufacturing firms to achieve a competitive advantage.

    Key intellectual, practical and transferable skills

    - Reflect on key concepts in the marketing of services and apply them to real life business contexts by developing effective marketing programmes within service firms to achieve competitive advantage.

    - Utilise appropriate set of analytical frameworks, concepts and tools for critical thinking about service and service related activities.

    - Use a variety of information sources, including but not limited to, online information, teaching materials and academic journals.

    - Develop further their graduate skills in terms of effective communication, excellent problem solving, critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
Reading List
Recommended Text:
Lovelock, C. and Wirtz, J. (2011), Services Marketing: People, Technology, Strategy, 7th Edition, Pearson.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements None
KeywordsMoS
Contacts
Course organiserDr Dahlia El-Manstrly
Tel: (0131 6)51 5321
Email: Dahlia.El-Manstrly@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Malgorzata Litwinska
Tel: (0131 6)51 3028
Email: Maggie.Litwinska@ed.ac.uk
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