PDF Service Breakthroughs: Changing the Rules of the Game

isbn	:	0029146755
Title	:	Service Breakthroughs: Changing the Rules of the Game
Author	:	James L. Heskett

What do Citicorp, UPS, and Marriott have in common? They are breakthrough service providers, firms that changed the rules of the game in their respective industries by consistently exceeding customer needs and expectations, thus forcing their competitors to either adapt or fail. With detailed case studies of Nordstrom, American Airlines, McDonald's and dozens of other companies, service management experts Heskett, Sasser and Hart show exactly how breakthrough managers - with an intuitive understanding of the self-reinforcing management cycle have development a strategic service vision, built loyalty, and positioned their service more successfully than their competitors.click here to download