Courses & Units

Services Marketing BMA606

It is strongly recommended that you complete BMA506 Foundations of Marketing and BMA604 Consumer Decision Making before undertaking this unit to ensure you have the necessary level of knowledge to successfully complete assessments.

Introduction

Services dominate the global economy. Australia is a service economy, with the fastest growth rates in job formation, are in service industries. Even in emerging economies services contribute to half of the GDP growth. As a service consumer, you use an array of services, e.g. talking on the phone, social media services, using a credit card or ATM, navigating through University services and more. Services have unique characteristics that they are not as tangible as consumer products. Service marketers are required to sell experiences and value propositions to customers, which makes it difficult to ‘hook’ customers. Often, consumers do not know how to evaluate the value of a service or how it actually works to make their lives easier before buying and using it. This calls for better understanding of the uniqueness of nature of services and development of service-oriented marketing strategies.
The focus of this unit is to provide an overview of key strategic concepts and distinctive issues in modern services management and marketing. The unit will help students to develop knowledge about a specific characteristic of services across various industries and how to manage and market them. The unit will help students to learn how to create and develop relationships with customers by providing meaningful service solutions and plan to recruit and retain qualified service professionals. Students will also acquire knowledge about contemporary service thinking both in scholarly research and practice (e.g. service innovation and design thinking) and its implications for managing new age service firms. Students will develop skills for resolving service-oriented issues faced by service providers.

Summary

Unit name	Services Marketing
Unit code	BMA606
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
Discipline	Marketing
Coordinator	Doctor Marcus Bai
Delivered By	University of Tasmania

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Learning Outcomes

Explain theories and concepts related to the service sector and how to distinguish the unique characteristics of services.
Apply specific marketing and management principles and practices to manage service firms
Develop strategies to build and enhance the service brands

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
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Teaching

Assessment	Case Study (25%)\|Tutorial Participation/Other Participation (30%)\|Presentation (45%)
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Textbooks

Required	Valarie A. Zeithaml, Mary Jo Bitner and Dwayne D. Gremler Services Marketing: Integrating Customer Focus Across the Firm 7^th Edition McGraw Hill Education ISBN: 9780078112102
Recommended	Aarikka-Stenroos, L, & Jaakkola, E 2012, ‘Value co-creation in knowledge-intensive business services: a dyadic perspective on the joint problem-solving process’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 41, no. 1, pp.15-26. Amonini, C, McColl-Kennedy, JR, Soutar, GN & Sweeney, JC 2010, ‘How professional service firms compete in the market: an exploratory study’, Journal of Marketing Management, vol. 26, no. 1-2, pp.28-55. Biedenbach, G, Bengtsson, M & Wincent, J 2011, ‘Brand equity in the professional service context: analyzing the impact of employee role behaviour and customer–employee rapport’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 40, no. 7, pp.1093-1102. Berkovi, J., 2016, ‘Effective client management’ in Professional services: how to build successful client relationships, Routledge. Chae, B 2012, ‘A framework for new solution development: an adaptive search perspective’, The Service Industries Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, pp.127-149. Delbufalo, E, Appolloni, A & Cerruti, C 2013, ‘Strategic and organisational determinants of performance in Italian management consulting firms’, International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, vol. 5, no. 1, pp.78-97. Greenwood, R, Li, SX, Prakash, R & Deephouse, DL 2005, ‘Reputation, diversification, and organizational explanations of performance in professional service firms’, Organization Science, vol. 16, no. 6, pp.661-673. Hogan, SJ, Soutar, GN, McColl-Kennedy, JR & Sweeney, JC 2011, ‘Reconceptualizing professional service firm innovation capability: scale development’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 40, no. 8, pp.1264-1273. Jaakkola, E & Hakanen, T 2013, ‘Value co-creation in solution networks’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 42, no. 1, pp.47-58. Jensen, SH, Poulfelt, F & Kraus, S 2010, ‘Managerial routines in professional service firms: transforming knowledge into competitive advantages’, The Service Industries Journal, vol. 30, no. 12, pp.2045-2062. Kaiser, S & Ringlstetter, MJ 2010, Strategic management of professional service firms: theory and practice, Springer Science & Business Media, Springer Heidelberg. Kotler, P, Hayes, TJ & Bloom, PN 2002, Marketing professional services: forward-thinking strategies for boosting your business, your image, and your profits, Prentice Hall Press, USA. Schultz, M, Doerr, JE & Frederiksen, L 2013, Professional services marketing: how the best firms build premier brands, thriving lead generation engines, and cultures of business development success, John Wiley & Sons, Australia. Sweeney, JC, Soutar, GN & McColl-Kennedy, JR 2011, ‘The marketing practices-performance relationship in professional service firms’, Journal of Service Management, vol. 22, no.3, pp.292-316 Treem, JW 2012, ‘Communicating expertise: knowledge performances in professional-service firms’, Communication Monographs, vol. 79, no. 1, pp.23-47. Broderick, M 2013, The art of managing professional services: insights from leaders of the world's top firms, Pearson Publication,Australia. Lovelock, CL, Patterson, PG & Wirtz, R 2014, Services marketing: an Asia-Pacific and Australian perspective, 6th edn, Pearson Australia, NSW. Maister, DH 2007, Managing the professional service firm, Simon and Schuster, boston, ma, 02116 USA. McLaughlin, MW 2009, Winning the professional services sale: unconventional strategies to reac
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Required

Valarie A. Zeithaml, Mary Jo Bitner and Dwayne D. Gremler Services Marketing: Integrating Customer Focus Across the Firm 7^th Edition McGraw Hill Education ISBN: 9780078112102

Recommended

Aarikka-Stenroos, L, & Jaakkola, E 2012, ‘Value co-creation in knowledge-intensive business services: a dyadic perspective on the joint problem-solving process’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 41, no. 1, pp.15-26.

Amonini, C, McColl-Kennedy, JR, Soutar, GN & Sweeney, JC 2010, ‘How professional service firms compete in the market: an exploratory study’, Journal of Marketing Management, vol. 26, no. 1-2, pp.28-55.

Biedenbach, G, Bengtsson, M & Wincent, J 2011, ‘Brand equity in the professional service context: analyzing the impact of employee role behaviour and customer–employee rapport’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 40, no. 7, pp.1093-1102.

Berkovi, J., 2016, ‘Effective client management’ in Professional services: how to build successful client relationships, Routledge.

Chae, B 2012, ‘A framework for new solution development: an adaptive search perspective’, The Service Industries Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, pp.127-149.

Delbufalo, E, Appolloni, A & Cerruti, C 2013, ‘Strategic and organisational determinants of performance in Italian management consulting firms’, International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, vol. 5, no. 1, pp.78-97.

Greenwood, R, Li, SX, Prakash, R & Deephouse, DL 2005, ‘Reputation, diversification, and organizational explanations of performance in professional service firms’, Organization Science, vol. 16, no. 6, pp.661-673.

Hogan, SJ, Soutar, GN, McColl-Kennedy, JR & Sweeney, JC 2011, ‘Reconceptualizing professional service firm innovation capability: scale development’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 40, no. 8, pp.1264-1273.

Jaakkola, E & Hakanen, T 2013, ‘Value co-creation in solution networks’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 42, no. 1, pp.47-58.

Jensen, SH, Poulfelt, F & Kraus, S 2010, ‘Managerial routines in professional service firms: transforming knowledge into competitive advantages’, The Service Industries Journal, vol. 30, no. 12, pp.2045-2062.

Kaiser, S & Ringlstetter, MJ 2010, Strategic management of professional service firms: theory and practice, Springer Science & Business Media, Springer Heidelberg.

Kotler, P, Hayes, TJ & Bloom, PN 2002, Marketing professional services: forward-thinking strategies for boosting your business, your image, and your profits, Prentice Hall Press, USA.

Schultz, M, Doerr, JE & Frederiksen, L 2013, Professional services marketing: how the best firms build premier brands, thriving lead generation engines, and cultures of business development success, John Wiley & Sons, Australia.

Sweeney, JC, Soutar, GN & McColl-Kennedy, JR 2011, ‘The marketing practices-performance relationship in professional service firms’, Journal of Service Management, vol. 22, no.3, pp.292-316

Treem, JW 2012, ‘Communicating expertise: knowledge performances in professional-service firms’, Communication Monographs, vol. 79, no. 1, pp.23-47.

Broderick, M 2013, The art of managing professional services: insights from leaders of the world's top firms, Pearson Publication,Australia.

Lovelock, CL, Patterson, PG & Wirtz, R 2014, Services marketing: an Asia-Pacific and Australian perspective, 6th edn, Pearson Australia, NSW.

Maister, DH 2007, Managing the professional service firm, Simon and Schuster, boston, ma, 02116 USA.

McLaughlin, MW 2009, Winning the professional services sale: unconventional strategies to reac

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