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Courses Offered by Narmada College of Management
Narmada College of Management, Bharuch, Gujarat.
OMK 304- At MBA Full Time Semester -III
OMK 504- At MBA Evening Semester - V

Marketing of Services

Objectives:

The objective of this course is to develop insights into emerging trends in the service sector in a developing economy and tackle issues involved in the management of services on national basis.

Course Contents:

The Emergence of Service Economy; Nature of Services; Goods and Services Marketing; Marketing Challenges in Service Business; Marketing Framework for Service Business; The Service Classification; Service Product Development; The Service Encounter; The Service Consumer Behaviour; Service Management Trinity; Service Vision and Service Strategy; Quality Issues and Quality Models; Demand-supply Management; Advertising, Branding and Packaging of Services; Recovery Management and Relationship Marketing; Service Marketing; Origin and Growth-Classification of Services-Marketing of financial services-The Indian scene-Designing of service strategy.

Suggested Readings :

  1. Lovelock, Christopher H. Managing Services: Marketing Operations and Human Resources. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall Inc.,1995.
  2. Lovelock, Christopher H. Services Marketing, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall Inc.1993.
  3. McDonald, Malcom and Payne, A. Marketing Planning for Services. Butterworth, Heinemann, 1996.
  4. Newton M P Payne, A. The Essence of Services Marketing. New Delhi, Prentice Hall of  India,1996.
  5. Verma, H V. Marketing of Services. New Delhi, Global Business Press, 1993.
  6. Zelthami, V A and Bitner, M J. Services Marketing New York, McGraw Hill,1996.