Postgraduate Course: Marketing of Services (BUST11225)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | The Marketing of Services course is designed for those who are keen to recognise the crucial role that services play in the national and global economy. This course aims to advance students' knowledge of services marketing and to provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the unique characteristics of services. Further, this course will help students understand how service managers can achieve competitive advantage through marketing of services and implementing marketing theory in practice. |
| Course description |
The Marketing of Services course is designed to broaden students' view of marketing, provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the unique characteristics of services and the challenges associated with designing, distributing, promoting and pricing of services. This understanding will be achieved by introducing, discussing, and analysing several topics important to service firms to ensure the achievement of customer satisfaction, loyalty 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, managing customer expectations, service innovation and loyalty will be discussed.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
15/01/2018 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
97 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The assessment methods for the course and the contribution of each towards the final mark are as follows: Group presentation 30% and Exam 70%. |
| Feedback |
Feedback on formative assessed work will be provided within 15 working days of submission, or in time to be of use in subsequent assessments within the course, whichever is sooner. Students will also gain feedback on their understanding of the material when they ask questions in Lectures and participate in group discussions.
-Essays will be assessed on the basis of knowledge, understanding, and critical assessment of the essay topic. First class essays will demonstrate the ability to draw on both relevant lecture material and the student¿s own bibliography to put together a balanced argument that displays an excellent knowledge of relevant issues, a clear understanding of the debate, and that uses supporting relevant references in order to critique ideas and/or provide recommendations. Students are also required to provide a complete and properly referenced references list using Harvard Referencing Style.
-Innovative group presentations and evidence of teamwork will be rewarded. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Marketing of Services | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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. Students will also 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.
- This course will allow students to 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.
- 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. Students will 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. Students will develop further their graduate skills in terms of effective communication, excellent problem solving, critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
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Reading List
Recommended Text:
Lovelock, C. and Wirtz, J. (2016), Services Marketing: People, Technology, Strategy, 8th Edition, World Scientific.
A lecture outline, including lecture-specific essential and recommended readings is available as a separate document on the course Learn page. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
None |
| Keywords | MoS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dahlia El-Manstrly
Tel: (0131 6)51 5321
Email: Dahlia.El-Manstrly@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Emily Davis
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Emily.Davis@ed.ac.uk |
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