ARCHITECTURE | |||||
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) | Using the theoretical/conceptual and practical knowledge acquired for architectural design, design activities and research. | |
2) | Identifying, defining and effectively discussing aesthetic, functional and structural requirements for solving design problems using critical thinking methods. | |
3) | Being aware of the diversity of social patterns and user needs, values and behavioral norms, which are important inputs in the formation of the built environment, at local, regional, national and international scales. | |
4) | Gaining knowledge and skills about architectural design methods that are focused on people and society, sensitive to natural and built environment in the field of architecture. | |
5) | Gaining skills to understand the relationship between architecture and other disciplines, to be able to cooperate, to develop comprehensive projects; to take responsibility in independent studies and group work. | |
6) | Giving importance to the protection of natural and cultural values in the design of the built environment by being aware of the responsibilities in terms of human rights and social interests. | |
7) | Giving importance to sustainability in the solution of design problems and the use of natural and artificial resources by considering the social, cultural and environmental issues of architecture. | |
8) | Being able to convey and communicate all kinds of conceptual and practical thoughts related to the field of architecture by using written, verbal and visual media and information technologies. | |
9) | Gaining the ability to understand and use technical information about building technology such as structural systems, building materials, building service systems, construction systems, life safety. | |
10) | Being aware of legal and ethical responsibilities in design and application processes. |