SOCIOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
BA4111 | Services Marketing Management | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜLBERK GÜLTEKİN SALMAN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÜLBERK GÜLTEKİN SALMAN Prof. Dr. İPEK ALTINBAŞAK FARİNA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The course aims at providing an insight about how different frameworks and analytical procedures can best be used in order to examine the varied challenges faced by managers in different service settings. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; will 1. Have an in-depth appreciation and understanding of the unique challenges inherent in managing and delivering quality services. Participants will be introduced to and have the opportunity to work with tools and strategies that address these challenges. 2. Develop an understanding of the “state of the art” service management thinking. 3. Promote a customer service-oriented mindset. 4. Learn strategies, tools and approaches for addressing the unique challenges of service management and marketing; 5. Develop essential service quality knowledge and skills and be prepared to apply them in an actual business context; 6. Become a more perceptive and effective manager and consumer through understanding the complexities of service design, delivery, and communication; 7. Learn an appreciation of the inter-functional coordination necessary to deliver quality service. 8. Further develop communication skills through written projects, team-based work and oral presentations. |
to learn critical skills and gain knowledge needed to implement quality service and service strategies for competitive advantage across industries. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Why Study Services? | |
2) | Understanding Services Process | |
3) | Managing Service Encounters | |
4) | Customer Behavior in Service Environment Relationship Marketing and Customer Loyalty | |
5) | Complaint Handling and Service Recovery The Service Product | |
6) | Pricing Strategies for Services | |
7) | Promotion and Education Service Positioning and Design | |
8) | Review | |
9) | Creating Delivery Systems in Place, Cyberspace and Time | |
10) | Creating Value Through Productivity | |
11) | Balancing Demand and Capacity | |
12) | Managing Customer Waiting Lines and Reservations PROJECT PRESENTATIONS | |
13) | Employee Roles in Service Organizations PROJECT PRESENTATIONS | |
14) | Organizing for Service Leadership PROJECT PRESENTATIONS |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | “Principles of Service Marketing and Management”, Second Edition Christopher Lovelock and Lauren Wright Pearson Prentice Hall,2002 |
References: | “Services Marketing-Integrating Customer Focus Acroos The Firm” 6th Edition- 2013 Valarie A. Zeithaml, Mary Jo Bitner, Dwayne D Gremler McGraw Hill |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 5 | % 5 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | % 10 |
Project | 25 | % 25 |
Midterms | 20 | % 20 |
Final | 30 | % 30 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 45 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 55 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 15 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 7 | 7 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 2 |
Final | 15 | 54 |
Total Workload | 105 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. | |
2) | To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels | |
3) | To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. | |
4) | To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes | |
5) | To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills | |
6) | To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. | |
7) | To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. | |
8) | To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective | |
9) | To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge | |
10) | To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects | |
11) | To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. | |
12) | To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |