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Customer Service Essentials

Lessons for Africa and Beyond

Robert E Hinson author Ogechi Adeola author Kojo Oppong Nkrumah author Charles Agyinarare author Kwame Adom author Abednoego Feehi Okoe Amartey author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Information Age Publishing

Published:13th Aug '19

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Customer Service Essentials is a must-read and a definitive source of information on effective management of customer service in Africa and beyond. Leveraging on unique concepts and practices developed in the field of customer service management, this book uses case studies and vignettes to reinforce learnings, drawing parallels to real life experiences. The book is a valuable resource for individuals and organizations, in the quest to achieve excellent customer service, increased productivity and enhanced employee satisfaction. It explores the practical challenges of customer service in Africa, examines critical success factors and provides guidelines for effective customer engagement in this evolving highly networked digital era. Policy makers, directors, managers and students will gain valuable and actionable insights on service management as they navigate the chapters.

This book captures service excellence by detailing out in a most explicit manner essential services dynamics of Responsiveness, Accessibility, Tangibles, Empathy and Reliability. I highly recommend it!"" — Esi Elliot Assistant Professor, Marketing Suffolk University, Boston, MA

""I am very impressed with this book and excited to see the topics being discussed in the Chapters are geared toward quality customer service in Africa. All the chapters are superbly written, relevant to the African context and above all, the authors cover incredibly interesting topics and support them with pertinent cases. Bringing together such fine minds in the field, this book is useful and a must for anyone serious about customer service, service branding and the need to respect the customer."" — Charles Blankson Professor of Marketing College of Business University of North Texas

""Hinson and colleagues have skillfully put together a useful collection of new perspectives on modern customer service essentials with an African and global perspective. This is a highly recommended text for students and practitioners."" — Ellis L.C. Osabutey, Reader Roehampton University Business School, United Kingdom

ISBN: 9781641136860

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 333g

252 pages