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Services Marketing (A0128), 10 cr

Implementation plan (PDF), 6 pages

Implementation
MFA1321
Semester
2/2013-2014
Dates
20 Jan 2014–19 May 2014
Type
INITIATION OF PROFESSIONAL GROWTH (A021)
Group
MFA13SN
Campus
Laurea Leppävaara
Language of instruction
English
Teachers
Harmoinen Päivi (Teacher in charge), Kaartti Virpi (Other teacher)
Status
Ready
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 Study unit                            Services Marketing (A0128), 10.0
 Implementation                        MFA1321: 2/2013-2014 (20.01.2014 - 19.05.2014)
 Type                                  INITIATION OF PROFESSIONAL GROWTH (A021)
 Groups                                Primary: MFA13SN Others :
 Involved in the project
 Lecturers
 Number of participants                Minimum: Maximum:
 Enrolment period                      02.12.2013 08:00 - 08.12.2013
 Main timing for implementation
 Applicabililty                        For exchange students: Yes For elective studies: Yes Open UAS student:
                                       Yes Suitable for virtual UAS: No

 Teachers                              Harmoinen Päivi (Teacher in charge), Kaartti Virpi (Other teacher)
 Campus                                Laurea Leppävaara
 Main location for implementation
 Implementation method                 Optima realization/student group, Other method of implementation,
                                       Project/venture/R&D, Web/virtual Language: English Virtuality: 2 cr Integration of
                                       R&D: 3 cr
 Implementation class
 Focus areas
 Evaluation at the latest              16.06.2014 Storing of graded material ends.: 20.06.2015
 Exam days

 Having completed the study unit the   • analyse customer behaviour
 student is able to
                                       • sell services using a marketing mix

                                       • build customer relationships

                                       • manage service promises in marketing communication



 Previous studies
 Contents
                                       focus on the customer
                                       ·     consumer and organisational behaviour in services
                                       ·     customer satisfaction
                                       ·     service quality (gap model)
                                       *services marketing mix
                                       *brand marketing
                                       *building customer relationships
                                       *managing service promises
 Study material                        Services marketing : integrating customer focus across the firm / Valarie A.
                                       Zeithaml, Mary Jo Bitner, Dwayne D. Gremler. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2009.
                                       Services, Marketing and Management / Gilmore, Audrey. Sage Publications Ltd. 2003
                                       (You can find this book from ebrary)
                                       In search of a new logic for marketing : the foundation of contemporary marketing
                                       theory / Christian Grönroos. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007.

                                       Service management and marketing : customer management in service competition /


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                                   Christian Grönroos. Chichester : Wiley, 2007.

                                   Marketing : an introduction / Gary Armstrong, Philip Kotler, Michael Harker, Ross
                                   Brennan. European ed. Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2009.

                                   Marketing management / Philip Kotler ... [et al.]. European ed. 13th ed. Harlow :
                                   Prentice Hall, 2009.

                                   Marketing myopia / Theodore Levitt. Boston : Harvard Business School Press, cop.
                                   2008.

                                   Marketing services : competing through quality / Leonard L. Berry, A. Parasuraman.
                                   New York : Free Press, cop. 1991.

                                   Consumer behaviour: a European perspective. Antonides, G. 1999. Upper Saddle River,
                                   NJ : Prentice Hall.

                                   Consumer behaviour : implications for marketing strategy. Cathy, N. 2006. New York,
                                   NY. : McGraw-Hill.

                                   Consumer behavior. Evans, M. 2006. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

                                   Consumer behavior and marketing strategy. Peter, J.P. 2005. New York: McGraw-Hill.

                                   Consumer behaviour : a European perspective. Solomon, M. 2006. Harlow : Prentice
                                   Hall, 2006

                                   Consumer behaviour in tourism. Swarbrooke, J. 2007. Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann.
 Evaluation criteria and methods   Excellent 5

                                   •   Apply professional concepts expertly.

                                   •   Justify activities using research knowledge.

                                   •    Work independently and take initiatives in line with objectives. Operations are
                                   flexible, systematic, development-oriented, creative and active.

                                   •   Select the appropriate techniques and models for activities, and justify the choices.

                                   •   Act in customer-oriented ways and according to the situation.

                                   •   Promote group activities.

                                   •  Able to critically apply ethical principles.
                                   Good 3-4

                                   •   Apply professional concepts systematically.

                                   •   Justify, compare and analyse their activities using general guidelines.
                                   •   Able to cope independently in different tasks.
                                   •   Apply acquired techniques and models diversely.
                                   •   Act professionally.
                                   •   Work in a group in line with objectives.

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                                    •       Justify their activities in accordance with ethical principles.

                                    Satisfactory 1-2:
                                    •    Apply most important/individual and appropriate professional concepts, and
                                    indicate their familiarity with the knowledge base.
                                    •    Comply with rules and instructions; justify their activities using provided
                                    instructions.
                                    •    Act appropriately under guidance.
                                    •    Use acquired techniques and models.
                                    •    Take customers into account in their actions.
                                    •    Act as group members.
                                    •    Act in accordance with ethical principles
 Project (name)                     Project to be defined.
 R&D methods                        Statistical analysis
 Other arrangements                 Contactsessions on Mondays at 9-16 (20.1. - 19.5.2014) - contact dates to be confirmed
                                    on 20th January.See learning events for more detailed information.

Learning events
 Date          o'clock/at h   Subject             Content                                          Status     Teachers
 20.01.2014    9-16       8   Orientation         9- 11:30                                         contact    Päivi
                                                                                                   session    Harmoinen,
                                                  Introductions,study unit content,                           Virpi Kaartti
                                                  schedule,case study / case company,
                                                  groups, ways of working and game rules,
                                                  assessment, exam


                                                  Service Marketing

                                                  - definition and the development of the
                                                  theory


                                                  12:30- 15 Group task: Company overview
                                                  report (IT-classes 207 and 207A)

                                                  Task description:

                                                  Write a short report (around

                                                  2 pages) and return it in your team folder
                                                  by the end of day (20.1.)

                                                  Topics: company background, vision,
                                                  mission, management philosophy, values
                                                  etc…
                                                  SOL Palvelut web:
                                                  http://www.sol.fi/en/the-company.html
 27.01.2014    9-16      8    Gap Model,          Gap model as framework of services               contact    Virpi Kaartti
                              Customer            marketing                                        session
                              Understanding
                                                  Customer UnderstandingNote!


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                                           10-12 SOL Palvelut case study
                                           Introduction (Kari Haahtela)
 03.02.2014   9-16    8    Customer        Customer Understanding                       contact        Virpi Kaartti
                           understanding                                                session
 10.02.2014   9-16    8    Services        9 - 11:30 Services Marketing mix (7Ps)       contact        Päivi
                           marketing                                                    session        Harmoinen,
                           mix             Creation of SOL marketing mix as a part                     Virpi Kaartti
                                           of case study report (in it-class)

                                           12:30 - Introduction to internal marketing
                                           and internal communication concepts


                                           Case study description and report
                                           assessment criteria
 17.02.2014   9-16    8    Project work    Working in teams: preparation of             independent
                                           theoretical part of the case study.          working / it
                                                                                        class

                                           9 possible exam questions are published in
                                           Optima folder "Assignments & Returns".
 24.02.2014   9-16    8    Customer        9- 11:30 Customer Satisfaction               contact        Päivi
                           satisfaction                                                 session        Harmoinen,
                                           * NSN customer satisfaction survey and                      Virpi Kaartti
                                           internal marketing(visitor: Ekaterina
                                           Palmen) ok12:30 - Marketing Research
 03.03.2014   9-16    8    Marketing       9- 11:30 Exam: marketing theory              contact        Päivi
                           exam            (handwritten notes are allowed in the        session        Harmoinen
                                           exam)


                                           12:30- 16 it-class 207

                                           project management & project plan
                                           creation

                                           Return of project plan by 13th March in
                                           Optima return box.
 10.03.2014   9-16    8    Project work    9-12:00 Visit to SOL City                    contact        Päivi
                                                                                        session        Harmoinen,
                                                                                                       Virpi Kaartti
 13.03.2014                Return date     Return case study theory part and project
                                           plan in Optima team folder by 13th March
 17.03.2014   9-16    8    Coaching        Team specific coaching (1st mandatory),      contact        Päivi
                                           20min/team:                                  session        Harmoinen,
                                                                                                       Virpi Kaartti

                                           Review of

                                           - case study report: theory part



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                                            - project plan & schedule

                                            - interview guide
 24.03.2014   9-16      8   Marketing       Visit to TNS Gallup at 9-11:30               contact          Päivi
                            Research                                                     session          Harmoinen,
                                                                                                          Virpi Kaartti
 31.03.2014   9-16      8   Project work    Project work                                 Independent
                                                                                         working
 07.04.2014   12:30-15 2    Visiting        9-11 Class 248:                              contact          Päivi
                            lecturer                                                     session          Harmoinen,
                                            Marketing exam retake                                         Virpi Kaartti


                                            12:30-15 Class 181:

                                            Lecture by Jacqueline Brodie,
                                            Edinburgh Napier University (Laurea
                                            international week)
 14.04.2014   9-16      8   Coaching        Team specific coaching (2nd mandatory)       contact          Päivi
                                                                                         session          Harmoinen,
                                            topic: review of draft case study report                      Virpi Kaartti

 21.04.2014   9-16      8                   Easter                                       public holiday
 25.04.2014                 Return date     * Return final case study report in Optima
                                            return box by 25.4.2014* Return self and
                                            peer evalution in Optima return box by
                                            25.4.2014

                                            (Please find the form in "Assignments and
                                            returns" -folder)Remember to respond:

                                            Study unit feedback survey

                                            during 22nd- 28th April
 28.04.2014   9-16      8   Project work    Project work                                 independent
                                                                                         working

                                            Return opponent report in Optima return
                                            box by 30.4.2014Return case study
                                            presentation (ppt) by 4.5.2014
 05.05.2014   9-11:30   2   Presentations   9- 11:30 Case study presentations &          contact          Päivi
                            and feedback    opponent comments (based on opponent         session          Harmoinen,
                                            report)                                                       Virpi Kaartti

                                            *presentation 10-12min. opponent
                                            comments & feedback 8-10min,

                                            * Note! SOL representatives join in this
                                            session

                                            9.00 - 9.20 team 1



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                                         9.20 - 9.40 team 2

                                         9.40 - 10.00 team 3

                                         10.00 - 10.15 Break

                                         10.15 - 10.35 team 4

                                         10.35 - 10.55 team 5

                                         10.55 - 11.15 team 6


 19.05.2014   9-11:30   2   Feedback     Feedback & grades




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