Tentative Course Schedule
Spring 2007

Week of: Topic PowerPoint Overheads Discussion Questions and Scheduled Events
Jan 8

(Week 1)

Foundations for Services Marketing
Introduction to Services
Chapter 1 Ch.1 Discussion Questions

Introduction and Syllabus Distribution

Jan 15

(Week 2)

Foundations for Services Marketing
The Gaps Model of Service Quality
Chapter 2

Whiteleaf Hotel

Ch.2 Discussion Questions

Assign Folder Groups

No Class on 1/15/2007 - Martin Luther King Day

Jan 22

(Week 3)

Focus on the Customer
Consumer Behavior for Services
Chapter 3
Ch.3 Discussion Questions

Class Photos

Jan 29

(Week 4)

Focus on the Customer
Customer Expectations of Service
Chapter 4
Ch.4 Discussion Questions

 

Feb 5

(Week 5)

Focus on the Customer
Customer Perceptions of Service
Chapter 5
Ch.5 Discussion Questions

Complaint Letter and/or Electronic Complaint Registration due*

Enterprise Rent-a-Car Cycle of Service Presentation

Feb 12

(Week 6)

Exam 1 - Chapters 1-5
(Specific Date, Time, and Format to Be Announced)
Past (Essay) Exam Questions
General Study Guide for Essay Exams 
Feb 19

(Week 7)

Understanding Customer Requirements
Listening to Customers Through Research
 
Chapter 6 Ch.6 Discussion Questions

Service Encounter Journal Entries due*

Service Research Mini-Project findings due

Feb 26

(Week 8)
 

Understanding Customer Requirements
Building Customer Relationships

"When the Customer is Flat-out Wrong"

Chapter 7    Ch.7 Discussion Questions
March 5

Spring Break

 

   
March 12

(Week 9)

Understanding Customer Requirements
Service Recovery
Chapter 8

Service Guarantees

Ch.8 Discussion Questions

"Bugs Burger" - Case Analysis

March 19

(Week 10)

Aligning Service Design and Standards
Service Development and Design

 

Chapter 9
Ch.9 Discussion Questions

Read Paper on Creative Dating (click to access)

March 26

(Week 11)

Aligning Service Design and Standards
Physical Evidence and the Servicescape
Chapter 11
Ch.11 Discussion Questions

Complaint Letter Analysis due*

April 2

(Week 12)
 

To Be Determined

 

 

Local Field Trip (???)

Service Blueprint (Team Assignment) due
April 9

(Week 13)

Exam 2 - Chapters 6-9, 11
(Specific Date, Time, and Format to Be Announced)
Past (Essay) Exam Questions Praise Letter due*
April 16

(Week 14)

Delivering and Performing Service
Employees' Roles in Service Delivery
Chapter 12
Ch.12 Discussion Questions

Shouldice Hospital - Case Analysis

Mystery Shopping Assignment due* 

April 23

(Week 15)

Delivering and Performing Service
Customers' Roles in Service Delivery
Chapter 13

(Click here for full set of notes...in PDF format)

Ch.13 Discussion Questions

Class Co-production Paper due

Service Encounter Journal Paper due*

April 30

(Week 16)

Exam 3 - Chapters 1-9, 11-13
(Specific Date, Time, and Format to Be Announced)
Essay Study Questions
 
*Optional Assignments

 

 

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