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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Required
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The student will be able to explain the nature, structure and processes of services sector and customer service management.
  • The student will be able to define customer behavior in services sector.
  • The student will be able to explain the activities conducted in order to measure and improve the level of customer satisfaction.
  • The student will be able to evaluate the content and applications of the activities for handling customer complaints and ensuring customer loyalty.
  • The student will be able to classify theoretical and practical information about customer service in retailing.
Course Description

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction to CRM
2 Services business and nature of the sector Lovelock and Wirtz Chapter 1; Berman and Evans Chapter 2
3 Managing customer relationships: value chain in retailing (Value, customer loyalty, customer equity) Lovelock and Wirtz Chapter 12; Timm Chapters 10&12; Berman and Evans Chapter 2 Harris Chapter 1&2 ; Lovelock and Wirtz Chapter 12
4 Case Study & Presentation
5 Seminar 1: Customer Relationship Management in Retailing
6 Customer behavior in services encounter, Crafting the retail environment for customers, Case Study & Presentation Lovelock and Wirtz Chapter 2; Berman and Evans Chapter 7, Lovelock and Wirtz Chapter 10
7 Midterm
8 Complaint handling and service recovery; Term project preliminary report presentation Lovelock and Wirtz Chapter 13; Harris Chapters 3&7; Timm Chapter 6&9
9 Seminar 2: CRM Applications in Retailing
10 Datawarehousing and datamining in CRM Berman and Evans Chapter 8
11 Case Study & Presentation
12 Customer Feedback: Measuring and improving customer satisfaction and perceived service quality; New Trends in CRM Lovelock and Wirtz Chapter 14; Harris Chapter 10; Berman and Evans Chapter 20
13 Term project presentations
14 Term project presentations
15 .
16 .
Course Notes/Textbooks Barry Berman and Joel R. Evans, Retail Management: A Strategic Approach (11/E), Prentice Hall, 2010; Christopher H. Lovelock and Jochen Wirtz, Services Marketing (7/E), Prentice Hall, 2011; Elaine K. Harris, Customer Service, A practical Approach (5/E), Prentice Hall, 2010; Paul R. Timm, Customer Service: Career Success Through Customer Loyalty (5/E), Prentice Hall, 2011.
Suggested Readings/Materials Zeithaml, Valarie and Bitner, Mary Jo (2000) Services Marketing, McGrawHill. Case studies and articles.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
25
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
35
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
8
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
3
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
12
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
24
Final Exams
    Total
210

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 Be able to analyze complex problems and bring a multidimensional perspective to problems by creating a synthesis of ideas with the practical education they are taking in the field of logistics and supply chain and realize the improvable areas by the help of their independent thinking abilities and have the ability to provide opportunities with innovative processes
2

Know the sector well by working in projects together with industry partners to solve real life problems and to support social responsibility activities and be able to identify and solve the problems with the help of their experience in project management and teamwork 

3 Be able to find creative solutions to the problems they face in the academic or professional areas while considering the goals and the constraints in logistics and supply chain operations with the help of their interdisciplinary education
4

Be able to take place in the sector related communications networks, follow up the changes and improve themselves accordingly when necessary in order to keep their personal and professional competencies within their business sector

5

Have information about the sector related market leaders, professional organizations and their positions in the sector

6 Be able to use the current and widely used software, information and communication technologies in the fields of logistics management and supply chain and identify the strengths and weaknesses of these
7 Be able to prevent the problems that may evoke from communication issues of the groups they take part in by taking proactive decisions
8 Be able to foresee the unexpected problems and uncertainties in the processes and manage these with flexible, effective and quick solutions;
9 Have the necessary skills to understand the coordination mechanisms and undertake part in the integration between the departments and members of the supply chain;
10 Be able to analyze the logistics and supply chain management processes using management science perspective and analytical approaches, analyze relevant concepts and ideas with scientific methods, interpret and evaluate the data
11 Be able to use the theoretical methods related to design, planning and decisionmaking within the scope of logistics activities in the application areas
12 Be able to interpret and evaluate the classical and contemporary theories in the field of logistics and supply chain considering the developments, changes and trends in the sector
13 To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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